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LAWS, REGULATIONS, 



CIRCULARS, ORDERS, DECISIONS, ETC., 



RELATING TO THE 



U.S. NAVAL ENGINEER CORPS. 



WASHINGTON: 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1871. 



LAWS, REGULATIONS, 



CIRCULARS, ORDERS, DECISIONS, ETC. : 



RELATING TO THE 



U. S. NAVAL ENGINEER CORPS. 



WASHINGTON: 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1871. 



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LAWS, REGULATIONS, CIRCULARS, ORDERS, DECISIONS, ETC., 

RELATING TO 

THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ENGINEER CORPS. 



ORGANIZATION, &c. 



AN ACT to reorganize the Navy Department of the United States. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of^™*™ e ^f e 
the United States of America in Congress assembled. That Navy Depart- 
there shall be established in the Navy Department the fol- meut - 
lowing Bureaus, to wit: 

First. A Bureau of Yards and Docks. 

Second. A Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting. 

Third. A Bureau of Navigation. 

Fourth. A Bureau of Ordnance. 

Fifth. A Bureau of Construction and Repair, 

Sixth. A Bureau of Steam Engineering, 

Seventh. A Bureau of Provisions and Clothing. 

Eighth. A Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That the President of chiefs of Bn- 
the United States, by and with the advice and consent of pointed, aM from 
the Senate, shall appoint from the list of officers of the Navy, whom to he se- 
not below the grade of commander, a chief for each of the lected * 
Bureaus of Yards and Docks, Navigation, Equipment and 
Recruiting, and of Ordnance, and shall in like manner ap- 
point a chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, who 
shall be a skillful naval constructor ; and shall also appoint a 
chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, avIio shall be a skill- 
ful engineer, and be selected from the list of chief engineers of 
the Navy ; and shall also appoint a chief of the Bureau of 
Medicine and Surgery, who shall be selected from the list of 
the surgeons of the Navy 5 and a chief of the Bureau of Pre- 
visions and Clothing, who shall be selected from the list of 
paymasters of the Navy of not less than ten years' standing; 
each of which chiefs of Bureaus shall receive a salary salaries and 

* * per annum,* unless otherwise heretofore pro- teimofoffice - 
vided for by law, which shall be in lieu of all other compen- 
sation whatever 5 the said chiefs of Bureaus to hold their 
said offices for the term of four years : Provided, That nothing 
herein contained shall be construed to affect any provision 
heretofore made by law for special cases. 

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of clerks, &c, an 
the Navy shall appoint the following clerks and other ffi- tllorized - 
cers, to wit : 

* For salary of chief of Bureau, see p. 38. 



Bureau of For the Bureau of Steam Engineering, one chief clerk, at 
steam Engineer- a sa]ary of eighteen hundred dollars; one draughtsman at 
fourteen hundred dollars,* one clerk at fourteen hundred 
dollars, one assistant draughtsman at twelve hundred dol- 
lars, one messenger at eight hundred and forty dollars sal- 
ary per annum, and one laborer at six hundred dollars per 
annum. 

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Distribution of Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That the Secretary of 
veaui t0 the Bu " the Navy shall assign and distribute among the said Bureaus 
such of the duties of the Navy Department as he shall judge 
to be expedient and proper ;t and all of the duties of the 
said Bureaus shall be performed under the authority of the 
Secretary of the Navy, and their orders shall be considered 

Effect of their as emanating from him, and shall have full force and effect 

orders. ag such# 

chiefs of jbu- Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all estimates for 
estimates f to n the specific, general, and contingent expenses of the Department, 
Secretary. au d of the several Bureaus, shall be furnished to the Secre- 
tary of the Navy by the chiefs Of the respective Bureaus, 
and all such appropriations shall be under the control and 
expended by the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, 
and the appropriation for each Bureau shall be kept sepa- 
rate in the Treasury. 
chiefs of Bu- Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the chiefs of the 
llmmSSJion^ respective Bureaus of the Navy Department shall be author- 
ized to frank all communications from their respective 
Bureaus ; and all communications to their Bureaus on the 
business thereof shall be free of postage. * * * 
Approved July 5, 1862. (Vol. 12, p. 510.) 



AN ACT in relation to franked matter. 

Official commit- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
mcathm^tohea^s t j ie United States of America in Congress assembled, That 
&c, to he sent all communications relating to the official business of the 
without imforS Department to which they are addressed, of whatever origin, 
ment. addressed to the chiefs of the several Executive Departments 

of the Government, or to such principal officers of each Ex- 
ecutive Department, being heads of Bureaus, or chief clerks, 
or one duly authorized by the Postmaster General to frank 
official matter, shall be received and conveyed by mail free 
of postage without being indorsed "official business," or 
with the name of the writer. J 
Approved June 1, 1861. (Vol. 13, p. 95.) 

* Established at $1,800 by act of March 2, 1867. 

tThe act of July 16, 1862, authorizes the Secretary to assign clerks and 
laborers attached to one Bureau, to duty in another. 

t Among those who are authorized by the forty-second section of the act 
of March 3, 1863, to frank mail matter, are the chiefs of the several Execu- 
tive Departments ; also such principal officers, being heads of Bureaus or 
chief clerks, of each Executive Department, to be used only for official 
communications, as the Postmaster General shall by regulation pre- 
scribe. 



APPOINTMENT, &c, OF ENGINEERS. 

AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending 
June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for other pur- 
poses. 

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Seo. 10. * * * That chiefs of Bureau may be appointed Appointment 
from officers having the relative rank of captain in the staff S|S u of chief 
corps of the Navv on the active list. * * * 

Sec. 12. * * * * * The chief of the Bureau of * * * 
Steam Engineering shall have * the title of Engineer-in- 
Chief; * * * 

Approved March 3, 1871. 



From the naval appropriation bill, approved March 3, 1845. 
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That in lieu of the mode chief engineers 
heretofore provided by law, the Engineer-in-Chief and chief ^SeffiS 
engineers of the Navy shall be appointed by the President, 
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. * # 



AN ACT to amend an act entitled '-'An act to establish and equalize the 
grade of line officers of the United States Navy," approved July sixteen, 
eighteen hundred and sixty-two. 

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the President of Fleet paymas- 
the United States shall appoint paymasters of the fleet and jjfJJ^S? tieet en " 
engineers of the fleet in the same manner and with the same s 
rank and pay as fleet surgeons. 



Approved April 21, 1864. (Vol. 13, p. 53.; 



AN ACT to regulate the appointment and pay of engineers in the Navy 
of the United States. 

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of .Uniform _for en- 
the Navy shall be authorized to prescribe a uniform for the SSaSrgovern- 
said chief engineers and assistant engineers, and to make^J be P re - 
all necessary rules and regulations for the proper arrange- ' 
ment and government of the Corps of Engineers and assist- 
ant engineers, not inconsistent with the Constitution and 
laws of the United States. The said engineers and assist- Engineers sub- 
ant engineers shall be, in all respects, subject to the laws,j^^ ti k™ f fljjj 
rules, and regulations of the naval service, in like manner Navy. 
with other officers of the service. 

Approved August 31, 1842. . (Vol. 5, p. 577.) 



AN ACT to define the number and regulate the appointment of officers 
in the Navy, and for other purposes. 

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That naval constructors Assistant en- 
and first and second assistant engineers in the Navy shall pitted VtK 
be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, President, 
and shall have naval rank and pay as officers of the Navy. 

tP W ^ * T^ W 

Approved July 25, I860, 



REGULATIONS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF CADET ENGINEERS. 

I. In pursuance of the third and fourth sections of an act passed at 
the first session of the Thirty-eighth Congress, approved July 4, 1864, 
u To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to provide for the education of 
naval constructors and engineers, and for other purposes J 1 and of the 
second section of an act passed at the first session of the Thirty-ninth 
Congress, approved March 2, 1867, entitled u An act to amend certain 
acts in relation to the Navy? applications will be received -by the Navy 
Department for the appointment of cadet engineers. 

II. The application is to be addressed to the Secretary of the Navy, 
and can be made by the candidate, or by any person for him, and his 
name will be placed on the register. The registry of a name, however, 
gives no assurance of an appointment, and no preference will be given 
in the selection to priority of application. 

III. The number of cadet engineers is limited by law to fifty. The 
candidate must be not less than eighteen nor more than twenty-two 
years of age; he will be required to certify on honor to his precise age, 
to the Academic Board, previous to his examination, and no one will 
be examined who is over or under the prescribed age. His application 
must be accompanied by satisfactory evidence of moral character and 
health, with information regarding date of birth and educational advan- 
tages hitherto enjoyed. Candidates who receive permission will present 
themselves to the Superintendent of the Naval Academy, between the 
15th and 25th of September, for examination as to their qualifications 
for admission. 

IV. The course of study will comprise two academic years. All 
cadets who graduate will be warranted as assistant engineers in the 
Navy. The pay of a cadet engineer is the same as that of a cadet 
midshipman. 

V. The academic examinations previous to appointment will be on 
the following subjects, namely: Arithmetic; the candidate will be 
examined in numeration and the addition, subtraction, multiplication, 
and division of whole numbers and of vulgar and decimal fractions; in 
reduction; in proportion, or rule of three, direct and inverse; extraction 
of square and cube roots; in Algebra, (Bourdon's,) through equations of 
the first degree; in Geometry, (Davies's Legendre,) through the plane 
figures; Rudimentary Natural Philosophy; Beading; he must read 
clearly and intelligibly from any English narrative work; as, for exam- 
ple, Bancroft's History of the United States; in Writing and Spelling; 
he must write from dictation, in a legible hand, and spell with correct- 
ness, both orally and in writing; in English Grammar and English 
Composition ; he will be examined as to the parts of speech, the rules 
connected therewith, and the elementary construction of sentences, and 
will be required to write such original paragraphs as will show that he 
has a proper knowledge of the subject.. The candidate will also be 
required to exhibit a fair degree of proficiency in pencil-sketching, and 
to produce satisfactory evidence of mechanical aptitude. Candidates 
who possess greatest skill and experience in the practical knowledge of 
machinery, other qualifications being equal, shall have precedence for 
admission. 

VI. Any of the following conditions will be sufficient to reject a 
candidate: 

Feeble constitution, permanently impaired general health, decided 



cachexia, all chronic diseases or results of injuries that would perma- 
nently impair efficiency, viz: 

1. infections disorders. 

2. Weak or disordered intellect. 

3. Unnatural curvature of spine. 

4. Epilepsy, or other convulsion, within five years. 

5. Chronic impaired vision, or chronic disease of the organs of vision. 

6. Great permanent hardness of hearing, or chronic disease of the 
ears. 

7. Loss or decay of teeth to such an extent as to interfere with 
digestion and impair health. 

8. Impediment of speech to such an extent as to impair efficiency in 
the performance of duty. 

9. Decided indications of liability to pulmonary disease. 

10. Permanent inefficiency of either of the extremities. 

11. Hernia. 

12. Incurable sarcocele, hydrocele, fistula, stricture, or haemorrhoids. 

13. Large varicose veins of lower limbs. Chronic ulcers. 

14. Attention will also be paid to the stature of the candidate, and 
no one manifestly undersized for his age will be received into the 
Academy. In case of doubt about the physical condition of the candi- 
date, any marked deviation from the usual standard of height will add 
materially to the consideration for rejection. 

15. The board will exercise a proper discretion in the application of 
the above conditions to each case, rejecting no candidate who is likely 
to be efficient in the service, and admitting no one who is likely to 
prove physically inefficient. 

VII. If both these examinations result favorably, the candidate will 
receive an appointment as a cadet engineer, become an inmate of the 
Academy, and will be allowed his actual and necessary traveling 
expenses from his residence to the Naval Academy, and be required 
to sign articles by which he will bind himself to serve in the United 
States Navy six years, (including his term of probation at the Naval 
Academy,) unless sooner discharged j if, on the contrary, he shall not 
pass both of these examinations, he will receive neither an appointment 
nor his traveling expenses, nor can he have the privilege of another 
examination for admission to the same class, unless recommended by the 
board of examiners. 

VIII. When candidates shall have passed the required examinations, 
and been admitted as members of the Academy, they must immediately 
furnish themselves with the following articles, viz : 

One Navy-blue uniform suit, One pair of blankets, 

One fatigue suit, One bed cover or spread, 

One Navy-blue uniform cap, Two pairs of sheets, 

One uniform overcoat, Four pillow-cases, 

Ten pairs of white pants, Six towels, 

Four white vests, Two pairs of shoes or boots, 

Six white shirts, One hair-brush, 

Six pairs of socks, One tooth-brush, 

Four pairs of drawers, One clothes-brush, 

Six pocket-handkerchiefs, One coarse comb for the hair y 

One black-silk handkerchief or stock, One fine comb for the hair, 

One mattress, One tumbler or mug, and 

One pillow, One thread and needle case.. 

Eoom-mates will jointly procure, for their common use, one looking- 
glass, one wash-basin, one water-pail, one slop-bucket, and one broom. 
These articles may be obtained from the storekeeper of the Academy, 
of good quality and at fair prices. 



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IX. Each cadet engineer must, on admission, deposit with the pay- 
master the sum of seventy-five dollars, for which he will be credited on 
the books of that officer, to be expended by direction of the Superin- 
tendent for the purchase of text- books and other authorized articles 
besides those enumerated in the preceding article. 

X. While at the Academy the cadets will be examined, from time to 
time, according to the regulations prescribed by the Navy Department; 
and if found deficient at any examination, or dismissed for misconduct, 
they cannot, by law, be continued in the Academy or naval service, 
except upon recommendation of the academic board. 

XI. A cadet engineer who voluntarily resigns his appointment will 
be required to refund the amount paid him for traveling expenses. 

GEO. M. BOBESON, 



Navy Department, April 4, 1871. 



Secretary of the Navy. 



REGULATIONS FOR ADMISSION AND PROMOTION IN THE ENGINEER 

CORPS OF THE NAVY. 

Before persons can be appointed assistant engineers in the Navy 
they must have passed an examination by naval surgeons as to their 
physical fitness, and a satisfactory examination before a board desig- 
nated by the Secretary of the Navy, as the wants of the service 
require. 

Application for permission to appear before such board must be 
made in writing to the Secretary of the Navy, stating the age and 
residence of the applicant, and must be accompanied by satisfactory 
testimonials as to good moral character, correct habits, and sound con- 
stitution. The application will be registered, and when the board next 
meets permission will be sent to the applicant, at the discretion of the 
Department, stating the time and place of the meeting of the board. 

A candidate for an appointment to the grade of second assistant 
engineer must, be not less than nineteen, nor more than twenty-six 
years of age; he must have been employed in drawing and the fabrica- 
tion of machinery for not less than eighteen months in a steam-engine 
manufactory, or else have served not less than that period as an engi- 
neer or assistant engineer on board a steamer provided with a con- 
densing engine; and must have obtained certificates from the director 
or superintending engineer as to his abilities, or else have been a grad- 
uate of the Naval Academy. The candidate must read clearly, cor- 
rectly, and intelligently; he must write from dictation in a fair, legible 
hand, spelling and punctuating correctly, and will be required to com- 
pose an original paragraph. In arithmetic, he will be examined in 
numeration, and the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division 
of whole numbers, and of vulgar and decimal fractions; in reduction, 
the rule of three, direct and inverse; and also in the mensuration of 
surfaces and solids of the regular forms. In steam machinery he will 
be required to sketch or describe the important parts of ordinary con- 
densing and non-condensing engines; to explain their uses and mechan- 
ical operation ; to explain the manner of putting engines in operation ; 
how to regulate and modify their action; and the manner of guarding 
against danger from the boilers, due to foaming or other causes, by the 
means usually applied to them for that purpose. 

Candidates for promotion to the grade of first assistant engineer 
must have served at least three years at sea as second assistant engi- 



neer on board a naval steamer; favorable testimonials must have been 
received by the Department concerning them, from the commanding 
officers and senior engineers under whom they may have served. 
They must also pass, before the board appointed to examine them, a 
thorough examination upon the subjects prescribed for second assistant 
engineers; and, in addition thereto, be able to explain properly the 
principles, peculiarities, and uses of the different kinds of valves and 
valve-gear applied to marine steam machinery; the construction, prin- 
ciples, peculiarities, and uses of the various apparatus for working steam 
expansively; the construction of the various marine boilers commonly 
used, together with their attachments, the uses of the same, and the 
reasons therefor; the modes in use of preserving boilers from decay, 
and of keeping steam machinery in repair; the causes of derangement 
in the operation of air and feed pumps and their appurtenances, and 
how to prevent and remedy them ; the chemistiy of boiler scale, the 
means of preventing it, and the mode of removing it; the construction, 
principles, peculiarities, and uses of the different kinds of surface con- 
densers; how to calculate the loss by blowing off, with the sea water in 
tbe boiler, at a given concentration; the principles of, the manner of 
using, and the method of graduating the various instruments for deter- 
mining the concentration of the water; the theory of using steam 
expansively, together with the limits and modifications imposed by 
practice, and the necessary calculations connected therewith; tbe con- 
struction and mode of applying the indicator, and the interpretation of 
its diagrams; the construction and principles of the various steam and 
vacuum gauges, and the causes of their derangement; and, besides, 
they must have a thorough knowledge of rudimentary mechanics; be 
well versed in the elements of geometry, descriptive geometry, and 
plane trigonometry; and be well acquainted with the practical building 
and repairing of steam machinery. 

Candidates for promotion to the grade of chief engineer must have 
served at least two years at sea as first assistant engineer on board a 
naval steamer; favorable testimonials concerning them must have been 
received by the Department from the commanding officers and senior 
engineers under whom they may have served. They must also pass, 
before the board appointed to examine them, a thorough examination 
upon the subjects prescribed for first assistant engineers, and, in addi- 
tion thereto, they must satisfy it that they are well versed in mechani- 
cal philosophy; the physical laws of steam; applied mechanics; the 
theory of the steam-engine ; and likewise in the construction, principles, 
and laws of action of various types of marine governors ; paddle-wheels 
and screw-propellers; and in all the necessary calculations relating to 
them. Furthermore, they must satisfy the board that they are thoroughly 
acquainted with the various kinds of paddle-wheel and screw-propeller 
engines, and must be able to point out their respective advantages and 
disadvantages, to design and erect the same, and to proportion them to 
a given vessel for a given speed, with a given propelling instrument ; 
that they are thoroughly versed in the strength of materials, in the 
theoretical laws governing form, the limits and modifications imposed 
by practice, and the reasons connected therewith; that they are famil- 
iar with the different kinds of boilers, their respective advantages and 
disadvantages, and able properly to proportion and construct the same 
for supplying a given power under given conditions; they must be able 
to furnish working drawings of different kinds of engines, boilers, screw- 
propellers and water- wheels in use; to superintend their construction, 
determine upon their accuracy and fitness for use, and decide upon the 
different kinds of materials and metals entering into the construction 



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of machinery ; they will also satisfy the board of their sufficient knowl- 
edge of so much of chemistry as is involved in the laws of combustion ; 
corrosion, and the metallurgic operations connected with steam-engi- 
neering. 

Candidates for promotion who may fail to pass a satisfactory examin- 
ation shall be examined again, once, upon the expiration of at least 
one year j and if they fail to pass at the second examination, they shall 
be dropped from the list of engineers. 

Candidates for admission or promotion will be required to furnish 
the board of examiners with evidence of their abilities in the execution 
of mechanical drawings, and of their proficiency in penmanship. 

The examining boards will report the relative qualifications of the 
persons examined, and number them, giving to the best qualified the 
lowest number. 

When other qualifications are equal, candidates whose skill and abili- 
ties are superior in the practical knowledge of the fabrication and 
repair of machinery will have precedence over others for admission or 
ixromotion, who may be considered equal in other particulars. 

GEO. M. ROBESON, 

Secretary of the Navy. 

Navy Department, 

Washington, December 12, 1870. 



FORM OP APPLICATION. 

, , 187-. 

Sir : I respectfully make application for examination as to my quali- 
fications for appointment as second assistant engineer in the United 
States Navy. I certify on honor that I was — years of age on the — 

day of , 187-, and reside in , in the county of and 

State of . 1 forward herewith testimonials of moral and physical 

qualifications. 

Very respectfully, 

Hon. , 



Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C. 



form of report to be made by the board of examiners. 

Navy- Yard, , 



-, 187- 



Sir : In obedience to your order of , we have thoroughly 

and carefully examined on the subject prescribed in the 

Regulations for admission and promotion in the Engineer Corps of the 
Navy, under date of December 12, 1870, and have the honor to report, 

that he is professionally qualified to perform all the duties of a 

engineer, and he has produced satisfactory evidence of his moral char- 
acter and fitness for an officer of the Navy, and we recommend him to 
be commissioned as a — engineer from , with ranking number. 

The certificate of the examining surgeon is hereto annexed. 
Very respectfully, your obedient servants, 



Secretary of the Navy. 



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ENLISTMEMT, 

No machinists, firemen, or coal-heavers shall be shipped Bremen and 
as such until they have passed a satisfactory examination ITlmhtShyiur- 
by one or more medical officers of the Navy in respect to « eous - 
their health and vigor, nor shall machinists or firemen be 
so shipped until they have passed a satisfactory examina- 
tion by one or more engineer officers of the Navy upon their And by en g i- 
ability to manage fires properly with different kinds of fuel, neev - 
and to use skillfully smith's tools in the repair and preser- 
vation of steam machinery and boilers. 

& # # # # # 



Should any machinist, fireman, or coal-heaver be reported 



In case of net 



by the senior engineer of the vessel for neglect of his duty, piace° to "be 'suiv 
or inability to perform it, from other causes than sickness, P lied - 
or injury received in line of duty, the commanding officer of 
the squadron, or in his absence the commanding officer of 
the vessel to which such machinist, fireman, or coal-heaver 
belongs, may, if he deems it necessary, direct another per- 
son to perforin it during the continuance of such neglect or 
disability, or until the place is supplied by a person of the 
proper rating, and the person so appointed shall receive the 
pay of the situation which he may thus fill. But the com- 
manding officer shall, when it is practicable, direct first- 
class firemen to supply the places of machinists; second- 
class firemen to succeed or supply the places of the first 
class ; and the coal-heavers, if qualified, should take the 
place of the second-class firemen in preference to other per- 
sons. 

Machinists, firemen, and coal-heavers, Avhen unable to p ay to be re- 
perform their duties from other causes than sickness, or fSmt? or S ne£ f 
injury received in line of duty, or when they neglect them,iect, 
shall receive only a reduced pay; that is, machinists shall 
have one-tenth deducted from their pay ; firemen of the 
first class shall only receive the pay of firemen of the second; 
*hose of the second, the pay of coal-heavers ; and coal- 
neavers the pay of ordinary seamen, so long as they neglect 
their duties or are unable to j)erforni them, or until dis- 
charged from the service. 



QUALIFICATIONS FOR PETTY OFFICERS IN THE ENGINEER DEPART- 
MENT OF A NAVAL VESSEL. 

I. A candidate for the position of machinist, boiler-maker, or copper- 
smith must be not less than twenty, nor more than forty years old. He 
must pass an examination in presence of the commanding officer of the 
rendezvous, by at least one naval engineer,, as to his qualifications as 
a machinist, boiler-maker, or coppersmith, and must also undergo the 
usual medical examination touching his physical fitness for the naval 
service. 

II. He must also be able to read, and to write with sufficient cor- 
rectness to keep the steam-log of his watch. He must know the names 
and uses of the various parts of a marine engine, understand the uses 



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and management of the various gauges, cocks, and valves, how to raise 
steam, start a marine engine, regulate its action, and stop it. 

He must know how to ascertain the height and density of the water 
in the boilers, how to check foaming, and guard against other danger 
from the boilers, how and when to regulate the quantity of the injection 
water, to guard against danger from water in the cylinders, and the 
measures to be taken in the event of a journal becoming heated, and, 
in short, how to act on the occurrence of any of the ordinary casualties 
of the engine-room. 

III. The monthly pay of a machinist will be $55 ; of a boiler maker, $40 ; 
and of a coppersmith, $40; besides tbe usual ration. 

1Y. On first-rate ships there will be allowed three machinists, one 
boiler-maker, and one coppersmith ; and on the second and third rates, 
two machinists, one boiler-maker, and one coppersmith. 

WM. REYNOLDS, 
Chief of Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting. 



AN ACT to prescribe an oath, of office, and for other purposes, 
oath of office g e {f enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of 

ioi* persons in tlic ** ** 

military, naval, the United /States of America In Congress assembled, That 
and civil service. h erea ft er every person elected or appointed to any office of 
honor or profit under the Government of the United States, 
either in the civil, military, or naval departments of the pub- 
lic service, excepting the President of the United States, 
shall, before entering upon the duties of such office, and be- 
fore being entitled to any of the salary or other emoluments 
thereof, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation : 
"I, A B, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never 
voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I 
have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given 
no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons 
engaged in armed hostility thereto j that I have neither sought 
nor accepted nor attempted to exercise the functions of any 
office whatever under any authority or pretended authority 
in hostility to the United States ; that I have not yielded a 
voluntary support to any pretended government, authority, 
power, or constitution within the United States, hostile or 
inimical thereto. And I do further swear (or affirm) that, 
to the best of my knowledge and ability, I will support and 
defend the Constitution of the United States against all 
enemies, foreign and domestic ; that I will bear true faith 
and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation 
freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion ; 
and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of 
the office on which I am about to enter: so help me God." 

oath to be pre- Which said oath, so taken and signed, shall be preserved 
served. among the files of the court, House of Congress, or depart- 

ment to which the said office may appertain. And any per- 

Faise oatii per- sou who shall falsely take the said oath shall be guilty of 

• lury " perjury, and on conviction, in addition to the penalties now 

prescribed for that offense, shall be deprived of his office and 

Penalty. rendered incapable forever after of holding any office or place 

under the United States. 

Approved July 2, 1802. (Yol. 12, p. 502.) 



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AX ACT repealing certain provisions of law concerning seamen on board 
public and private vessels of the United States. 

# # # # # * 

Officers of vessels of the United States shall in all cases offioersof ves- 

be citizens of the United States. ftt2 S^SS 

Approved June 28, 18G4. (Vol. 13, p. 201.) «■ e ? * of 1 i, e 

11 7 \ ' * . TJmtc.a States. 



AX ACT to increase and regulate the pay of the Navy of the United 

States, 

. # * * * * * 

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That hereafter no ser- what oonsti. 
vice shall be regarded as sea-service but such as shall be tuteaseaservK(v 
performed at sea under the orders of a Department, and in 
vessels employed by authority of law. 

Approved June 1, 18C0. (Vol. 12, p. 23.) 



AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service for the year 
ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for other 
purposes. 

Any staff officer of the Navy who has performed the duty Ex-chiefs ofBu- 
of chief of a Bureau of the Navy Department for a full term SS^aSty «- 
shall thereafter be exempt from sea-duty, except in time of ce Pt hi war, " 
war. 

Approved March 3, 1871. 



AN ACT to amend certain acts in relation to the Navy. 

Sec. 9. -And be it further enacted, That officers on the re- Promotion of 



tired and reserved lists of the Navy shall be entitled to pro 
motion as their several dates upon the active list are pro- 
moted ; but such promotion shall not entitle them to any 
pay beyond that to which they were entitled when retired, 
unless upon active duty, when they shall receive the full 
pay of their respective grades. 

Approved March 2, 1867. 



retired-officers. 



AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service for the year 
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other 
purposes. 

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Sec. 7. If an officer of a class subject to examination before officers to re- 
promotion shall be absent on duty, and by reason of such^j^.jJ^J^^ 
absence, or of other cause not involving fault on his part, 
shall not be examined at the time required by law or regu- 



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lation, and shall afterward be examined and found qualified, 
the increased rate of pay to which his promotion would en- 
title him shall commence from the date when he would have 
been entitled to it had he been examined and found qualified 
at the time so required by law or regulation ; and this rule 
shall apply to any cases of this description which may have 
heretofore occurred. And in every such case the period of 
service of the party, in the grade to which he was promoted, 
shall, in reference to the rate of his pay, be considered to 
have commenced from the date when he was so entitled to 
take rank. 
officers to be Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That any officer of the 
fannr^upon re^ ^ avv . on the active list below the grade of commander, who, 
examination. upon examination for promotion, shall not be found profes- 
sionally qualified, shall be suspended from promotion for one 
year, with corresponding loss of date, when he shall be re- 
examined, and in case of his failure upon such re-examination, 

he shall be dropped from the service. 

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Approved July 15, 1870. 



DUTIES, &C. 



[Extracts from naval laws, 1865. — General duties, &c.] 
FLEET ENGINEER. 

When a chief engineer is detailed to discharge the duties of fleet 
engineer he will be attached to the flag-ship. His duties will be as fol- 
lows, under the orders of the commander-in-chief: 

1st. To exercise a general supervision over all the engineers of the 
fleet or squadron. 

2d. To acquaint himself with the different kinds of engines in use in 
the squadron, and to take care that all means are used to keep them in 
the highest state of efficiency. 

3d. To make, under the orders of the commander-in-chief, frequent 
inspections of the machinery, and to decide upon all ordinary repairs. 

4th. To recommend surveys when the imperfections or accidents are 
serious, and to make reports where carelessness is suspected. 

5th. To see that every vessel is provided with the necessary tools, 
stores, and spare parts of machinery, and that every engine and boiler 
is cared for properly. 

6th. To examine the coal used and report to the commander-in-chief 
if there is any falling off in quality, or any undue dampness liable to 
produce spontaneous combustion. 

7th. To see that the coal is properly stored at the different depots, 
and that there is at all times a sufficient quantity on hand to meet the 
probable wants of the squadron. 

8th. To make frequent reports to the commander-in chief of the condi- 
tion of the engineer's department of every vessel in the squadron. 

9th. To examine all returns and requisitions made by the fleet or 
squadron, and to forward them promptly, with such remarks as he may 
deem necessary. 

10th. To recommend to the commander-in-chief such measures as will, 



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in his opinion, promote efficiency, economy, and uniformity in his depart- 
ment of the service. 

11th. And finally, to perform such duties relating to his position as 
shall be assigned to him by the commander-in-chief. 

CHIEF ENGINEER. 

A chief engineer, on being ordered to a ship, will make himself ac- 
quainted with all parts of the machinery and boilers, the coal-bunkers 
and store-rooms; he will examine carefully all parts of the machinery 
and everything pertaining to it, and report to the commanding officer 
anything that is defective. 

He will cause the assistant engineers, on their joining the vessel, to 
become familiar with all the cocks, valves, pipes, and the different parts 
of the machinery and boilers. 

He will see that he has the requisite amount of stores of good quality 
on board, and that they are stowed away in good condition. 

He will provide a supply of oatmeal to be issued to the firemen and 
coal-heavers without charge, at such time and in such quantities as the 
commanding officer may direct. 

He will keep a strict account of, and be responsible for, the expenditure 
of the coals, stores, duplicate pieces, and all articles in the engineer 
department ; he will examine each day's expenditure and approve it by 
his signature. 

He will make out the watch, quarter, fire, and cleaning bills for the 
engineer department, assigning to each person his proper station and 
duty, and submit the same to the commander of the vessel for his 
approval and signature, which bills shall then be hung up in some con- 
spicuous place where all persons in the department may refer to them. 
He will see that the prescribed duties are performed in a proper manner, 
and will report all neglect of duty or other breach of discipline in the fire 
or engine-room to the executive officer. 

He will see that the fires are never lighted, nor hauled after being 
lighted, without the consent of the commanding officer, and that the 
engines are never turned after being stopped, except in obedience to 
signal, or by permission of the officer of the deck. 

He will report to the commander any accident or defect that may occur 
to the machinery, boilers, and their dependencies, and at meridian of 
each day report the quantity of coals consumed, the revolutions made 
by the engines, and the average revolutions per minute for the last 
twenty-four hours, also the quantity of coal remaining on hand; and if 
at any time, in his judgment, the machinery is driven too hard, or undue 
strain put upon any of its parts by stress of weather, motion, or position of 
the vessel, he will report the same to the commander, noting such report 
and the causes for it in the steam-log. 

He shall, make a daily personal inspection of all parts of the vessel 
occupied by the engines and their dependencies, and will report them 
ready for inspection to the executive officer at such times as may be 
directed by the commander of the vessel. 

He shall at the setting of the watch in the evening, report the condi- 
tion of the engines, boilers, and their dependencies, to the commanding 
officer. 

He will exercise a vigilant supervision over every part of the steam 
department, and see that it is kept in good order; he will be particular 
that the steam-pumps, hose, and other means for extinguishing fires are 
ready for immediate use; that the water in the boilers is not carried to 



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an improper density, and that tbe coals and stores are used to the greatest 
advantage. 

He shall afford every facility and encourage in everyway the assistant 
engineers to improve themselves in their profession. 

He will examine the bunkers each time the ship arrives in port, or 
often er, to see if the amount of coals correspond with the log, and if any 
discrepancy appears, he will report the same immediately to the com- 
manding officer and note it on the log. 

He will, on the discontinuance of steaming, with the permission of 
the commanding officer, clean and repair at once the engines and their 
dependencies. 

He will cause the firemen to be instructed so as to qualify them for 
managing the engines and dependencies with safety, in case accident or 
other causes should prevent the attendance of the engineer. 

He will cause the temperature of the coal-bunkers to be ascertained 
twice in each watch, and have the result reported to the officer of the 
deck. 

Whenever a distiliing-apparatus is fitted on board a steamship, he is 
to take charge of it, and will be held responsible for its being kept in 
proper repair and condition. 

A steam-log is always to be kept when the vessel is moved by steam, 
which log is to be signed in the column of remarks by the engineers of 
the respective watches at the expiration of their watch, and at noon of 
each day by the senior engineer of the vessel. The steam log-book is to 
be handed to the commander of the vessel daily. At the end of each 
quarter he shall send to the commanding officer of the vessel a fair copy 
of the steam log book, certified by his own signature. 

He will take tbe utmost care in the arrangement of stores, the use of 
lights and fires, and the adoption of every precautionary measure to 
prevent the danger from fire to which steamers are so much exposed. 

He will carefully note in the steam-log the draught of water of the 
vessel and immersion of the bucket-boards just before going to sea and 
on arriving in port, and frequently when receiving coal or other stores. 

The chief engineer will make a quarterly report, to accompany the 
quarterly synopsis of the steam-log, in which he will detail the breakage 
or other casualties of the machinery, the causes thereof as far as he may 
be able to ascertain with certainty, the time expended in repairing them 
and adjusting the machinery, and whether done by his department on 
board or by workmen from the shore. 

He will also give his opinion of the present condition of the machinery, 
mentioning particularly the cylinders and their valves, the main journals, 
the connecting-rod journals, the steam-bearings, the pumps, the conden- 
sers and boilers, and the paddle-wheels or screw, to which he will add 
his observations as to their sufficiency and efficiency. In the event of 
any experimental machinery being on board, or unusual arrangement, 
he will particularly describe it and its mode of action, and give the 
results therefrom and his opinion on its merits. He will state the maxi- 
mum speed of the vessel under steam alone, in smooth water, that can 
be sustained for twelve consecutive hours with the machinery in its 
existing condition, and give the necessary data in connection therewith, 
such as the boiler pressure, the number of revolutions of the engines per 
minute, vacuum in the condenser, number of holes of throttle-valve 
open, point of cutting off steam, temperatures, pounds of coal consumed 
per hour, number of tons of coal on board the vessel, indicated horse- 
power, &c. He will state the number of engineers, of first and second 
class firemen and coal-heavers attached to the vessel, and also the num- 



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ber of tons of coal that the bunkers will contain. He will add such 
observations on the machinery and vessel as his experience may sug- 
gest, with a view to their correct appreciation and value. A copy of 
the tabular synopsis and of the report is to be pasted into each quarterly 
steam-log, and another is to be forwarded through the prescribed chan- 
nels to the Department. 

ASSISTANT ENGINEERS. 

When there is no chief engineer on board, the duties assigned to him 
will devolve on the senior assistant engineer. 

Assistant engineers are at all times faithfully and zealously to carry 
into prompt execution all orders they may receive from the engineer 
officer in charge on board, or others their superiors • and they are to be 
especially careful in the management of the engines, boilers, and their 
dependencies ; to adhere strictly to the directions of the engineer in 
charge, and to report to him instantly on discovering anything going 
wrong about them. 

When the engines are in operation, the engineer of the watch will 
execute promptly all orders he may receive from the officer of the deck, 
though he must be careful in so doing that no risk of injury is incurred. 

He will make hourly reports to the officer of the deck whether the 
engines and their dependencies, the force-pumps, hose, and all other 
means for extinguishing tire, are in good order, and that the irainps and 
hose are ready for immediate use. Should anything occur to require 
a change in the orders under which the engineer is then acting, or should 
special attention be required to any obj ect in order to insure safety or 
more efficiency, he will report the same to the officer of the deck imme- 
diately. 

Should it be necessary, from any cause, to stop the engines suddenly, 
he will report the fact to the officer of the deck; if not possible to do so 
in time before stopping them, he will report* afterward his reasons there- 
for, and the probable length of time they will be stopped. He will also 
inform the chief engineer immediately. 

He will note hourly on the steam-log all the information which the 
columns in it require, and place in the column of u remarks" full informa- 
tion of the state of the weather and sea, and all accidents to or defects 
in the engines or their dependencies, the manner of their working, the 
quality of the coal, and any other circumstance which maybe useful for 
determining the powers and qualities of the vessel and the engines, 
under the various circumstances to which they may be exposed. 

He will be particularly careful to prevent the waste of coals, oil, tal- 
low, and all other stores in the engineer's department. 

In the absence of the senior engineer officer belonging to the vessel, 
the one remaining on board highest in rank or seniority is to be held 
responsible for the good order of the engine-room, and for the proper 
discharge of all the duties connected therewith. 

CIIIEP ENGINEER OF A NAVY- YARD. 

When a chief engineer of the Navy shall be attached to a navy-yard 
he shall, under the direction of the commandant, have the superintend 
ence of the construction and repairs of the steam and other machinery. 

He shall have the supervision, under the commandant, of the foremen 
and other men employed in the machine and boiler shops and foundries, 
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and of all the material used in those departments, and be responsible 
for its preservation and proper use. 

He will carefully examine, weigh, or measure all articles, whether 
received on contracts or open purchases, and only give receipts for them 
after they have been found to agree with the terms of the contract or 
advertisement, and, if so, enter them immediately on his books, and 
make out the bills without delay, certify them, and hand them to the 
commandant for approval, to be transmitted to the parties in interest. 

All requisitions for materials or articles in his department are to be 
made by the foremen employed under his direction, and, when counter- 
signed by him, are to be submitted for the approval of the commandant 
of the yard, who will allow such as he may deem necessary. Iso articles 
or materials are to be purchased without previous requisitions, nor are 
any to be used till they are duly inspected, approved, and received. He 
will have proper requisitions made to cover the expenditure of all arti- 
cles or materials which may have been used or condemned during the 
preceding half month by the master- workmen. 

He will have made out and sign the semi-monthly and other reports 
in his department that are required to be made by the commandant of 
the yard to the Bureau of Steam Engineering, the commandant causing 
him to be furnished with the costs and expenditures necessary for this 
purpose. 

Foremen under him will report, at the middle and end of each month, 
the expenditure of materials and labor upon the several objects under 
their immediate superintendence. 

He will have an exact account kept of all materials and labor expended 
on each and every object, and report to the commandant semi-monthly 
the operations on the same, distinguishing the number and classes ot 
men employed, and the kind and quantities of materials used in each. 

He will prepare duplicate pay-rolls in his office for paying the men, 
the original of which is to be sent to the commandant of the yard, in 
due time for his approval, a'nd transmitted to the paymaster of the yard, 
and the duplicate forwarded to the Bureau. These pay-rolls must be 
certified by him. 

He will supply all vessels fitting for sea with the articles to be issued 
from his department, taking" receipts for the same, and transmitting them 
to the Bureau. 

He w T ill not deliver or issue any article out of the store without taking 
a proper receipt at the time of delivery, and, when a vessel has been 
fully equipped and fitted for her cruise, he will make an inventory, in 
duplicate, of all articles, with their cost, furnished the vessel, one^ of 
which is to be delivered to the chief engineer of the vessel before sail- 
ing, signed by himself, and the other forwarded to the Bureau, receipted 
by the chief engineer of the vessel. 

When stores have been landed, surveyed, and disposed of, he will 
furnish the Bureau with a statement, showing the total value of them, 
in order that the vessel may be credited with the amount. All stores 
so landed from vessels must be kept separately. 

He shall attend all sales and surveys of articles under the cognizance 
of the Bureau of Steam Engineering. 

Such stores as are condemned he will take care are disposed of as the 
survey, approved by the Bureau, directs, but in no case is he to allow 
articles to be sacrificed through sales at auction. 

He will be careful to make timely requisitions upon the Bureau for 
all articles which he is expected to have in charge, in order to answer 



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promptly the demands that may be made upon him, and lie will be held 
responsible for all deficiencies. 

He will, at the end of each fiscal year, submit to the commandant a 
report of the engines and boilers that have been made or repaired, show- 
ing the original estimate and the actual expenditure. 

The chief engineer of the yard will have the work done as required 
by the inspector of machinery afloat, after approval by the command- 
ant. (See Section 18 — Officers in charge of stores.) 

CHIEF ENGINEERS APPOINTED AS INSPECTORS OF MACHINERY AFLOAT. 

The inspector of steam machinery afloat is to have charge of all 
steam machinery afloat, at the yard or station, under the direction of 
the commandant, whether the vessel be under repairs or in ordinary; 
and he is to exercise control over all employes in the engineer's depart- 
ment on board such vessel. 

He is held responsible for the condition and preservation of all the 
machinery of the vessels under his charge. When a steamer is to be 
laid up at the yard, he will take charge of the machinery at the time 
the chief engineer of the vessel is detached, and when repairs are to be 
effected he will make requisition on the commandant for the work 
necessary. 

The inspector of machinery will make monthly reports to the com- 
mandant of the condition of the engineers department of all vessels 
under his charge, mentioning all repairs required, and will use ail proper 
means for the preservation of their engines, boilers, and appurtenances. 

He will strictly conform to all the orders he may receive from the 
commandant of the yard, in relation to repair and preservation of ma- 
chinery, boilers, tools, &c, of the vessels under his charge. 

OFFICERS COMMANDING STEAM- VESSELS. 

When an officer shall be appointed to the command of a steam- vessel, 
he is to observe carefully the following directions, in addition to those 
prescribed in the next section, relating to "officers commanding vessels:" 

He is to use all possible diligence to make himself acquainted with 
the principles and construction of the engines, the intention and effect 
of the various parts of the machinery, the time the engines were con- 
structed, the repairs they may have undergone, the period when the 
last repairs were made, and when the vessel last received new boilers. 

As a material saving in the consumption of fuel may be produced by 
reducing the engine power, without reducing essentially the speed, and 
as occasions for this exercise of economy may frequently occur, he is to 
make himself acquainted with the principle and effect of the expansion 
of steam, and to require that the expansion gear should at all times be 
brought into play when the engines are not worked up to their full 
power. 

In order to ascertain the capabilities of the ship under his command, 
he is, as soon as he proceeds to sea, to make careful and repeated trials 
by using the steam expansively, under every variety of wind and 
weather, draught of water, and other circumstances, so as to be able at 
all times to apply the principle of expansion, according to the nature of 
the service on which he may be engaged, and to calculate with accuracy 
the number of days the ship can be under steam without being obliged 
tfco put into port for fuel. 

Vessels under steam will never use more than two-thirds of their 



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boiler-power unless in an emergency, which must be fully entered and 
explained upon the log, and a special report of the same made to the 
Bureau of Steam Engineering. 

• When paddle-wheel steamers are running long distances in the trades,, 
with the wind free, the paddles in the water are to be removed and the 
vessel navigated under sail alone. Under other circumstances, steam 
may be used according to the foregoing paragraph. 

As to the use of sails, either with or without the use of steam, or as 
to moderating the steam when running head to wind and sea, each com- 
manding officer must be guided by his own judgment, but with the 
understanding that he must be prepared to justify every expenditure of 
fuel for steaming purposes if called upon to do so. His judgment will 
necessarily be based upon a consideration of the urgency and nature of 
the service to be performed, of the wind and weather, and upon the 
difficulties of the navigation and the qualities of the vessel ; but he is 
to take care, first, that steam is not used at all when the service can be 
equally or nearly as well performed without it ; secondly, that sail is 
never dispensed with when it can be employed to advantage to assist 
the steam ; and thirdly, that full steam power is never employed unless 
in chase, or absolutely necessary, the cause for which must be reported 
to the Department yi writing. 

He is carefully to inform himself of the usual daily consumption of 
coal, and to obtain all information in regard to the most economical 
and efficient use of the engines and their appendages. 

To prevent accidents by spontaneous combustion, he is to order the 
greatest care to be observed that the coal is not taken aboard when 
wet, and that when on board it is kept as dry as possible. When 
afresh supply is received, he is to direct that that remaining in the 
coal-bunkers be, as far as practicable, so stowed as to be used first. 

He is, before leaving the port where the vessel was fitted, to cause all 
the spare gear belonging to the engines and machinery to be taken on 
board, and he is to land no part of it at any port where he may touch 
without the written authority of the commanding officer of the station, 
or of the commander of the squadron to which he belongs. 

Whenever he joins his commanding officer after separation, or when 
he arrives at any port where there is a superior officer in command, he 
shall report the number of hours the vessel was under steam ancLunder 
sail, and the circumstances which rendered the use of steam necessary. 

When practicable he shall, before going to sea, cause the boilers to 
be filled with fresh water. 

He will direct the engineer to have the flues, chimneys, and boilers 
cleaned whenever it may be necessary, and when repairs or cleaning 
are required for the engines and boilers, they are to be made, as far as 
practicable, by the engineers, firemen, and coal-heavers of the vessel. 

He shall take care that the proper lanterns to prevent collisions at 
sea be l^ept in good order, and always lighted at night, except when it 
may be expedient to conceal all lights. 

He is to have the force-pumps, hose, and all other means for extin- 
guishing fires, kept constantly in order and ready for immediate use ■;. 
and he is to require the utmost care to be taken at all times in the stor- 
age of stores, the use of lights and fires, and in the adoption of all other 
precautionary measures to prevent danger from fire. 

He shall examine the steam-log daily, and if satisfied of its correct- 
ness,, sign it every month, or oftener, should the vessel in the mean time 
arrive at any port. 

The commander of the vessel shall transmit to the Department, by 



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the first safe opportunity after the close of the months of March, June, 
September, and December, a fair copy of the steam log-book for the 
preceding quarter, and whenever a steamer is placed in ordinary, for 
the period which has not been previously transmitted. 

He will require the engineers to conform to the orders of the officer 
of the deck for the time being; but they are not, except in cases of ne- 
cessity, to be ordered to perform other duties than those immediately 
connected Avith the preservation, repair, management, or supplying of 
the engines and their dependencies. 

He will cause the engineers, firemen, and coal-heavers to be arranged 
in watches, and, when on watch, they are to be under the immediate 
direction of the senior engineer of the watch, and are not to be ordered 
on other duties than those connected with the engines, boilers, and their 
dependencies, except in cases of necessity, and then the engineer on 
duty is to be informed, that he may adopt all necessary precautions. 

He will cause the senior engineer to submit for the approval of the 
executive officer, watch, fire, quarter, and cleaniug bills, showing the 
specific duties of the engineers, firemen, and coal-heavers. 

He will require the senior engineer on board to examine daily the 
engines and their dependencies, and all parts of the- vessel which, are 
occupied by them, or by stores for their use, and to report them to the 
executive officer for inspection ; to make immediate report, should any 
defect or danger be discovered ; to give timely notice to the commander 
of the vessel of the probable wants of his department, and whenever 
articles are received for it, to carefully examine if they are of proper 
quality, and report any which, in his opinion, may be objectionable. 

He will make such regulations with regard to leave on shore that the 
ship will never be left without the services of an experienced engineer. 
He will cause a full engineer watch* to be kept constantly whenever the 
fires are lighted, and take care that one engineer, at least, with a watch 
of firemen and coal-heavers, are always on hand, even though the ship 
may be at anchor and the fires hauled. With a reduced complement of 
engineers this article will be complied with as nearly as may be pos- 
sible. 

Steam may be raised on board vessels of the Kavy for the purpose of 
dispelling damp and unwholesome air or drying the ship, whenever, in 
the opinion of the commanding officer, it is necessary. 

The commanding officer of a vessel having full sail-power will get up 
steam on his vessel once a month, for the purpose of turning over the 
engines, and, when practicable, will take an opportunity to do so when, 
going in or out of port. 



[GENERAL ORDER.] 

Navy Department, 

January 29, 1862. 

Whenever any important accident or derange uient shall a survey to be 
occur to the machinery of a United States steamer, there S tfSacwI 
shall be held upon it a strict and careful survey by a board ery. 
composed of one sea officer and at least two engineer offi- 
cers, which shall report in writing the nature and extent of 
the accident or derangement, the cause thereof, the proba- 
ble time of repair, and to whom, if any, blame in connexion 
therewith is to be attributed. The report is to embrace 



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every detail necessary to a complete understanding of the 
case. The order of the survey shall accompany the report, 
which is to be made in duplicate and forwarded to the 
Department by the first opportunity. 

GIDEON WELLES, 

Secretary of the Navy. 



[Extract from General Order No. 19, dated September 16, 1863.] 

Condition of Engineers will hereafter understand that the condition 
Sf a tne in engineers' of the machinery under their charge on the arrival of the 
efficiency. vessel from a cruise will be considered as a test of their 

efficiency and fidelity in the discharge of their duties ; and 
that the result of the examination then made will determine 
whether they have discharged their duties in such a manner 
as to deserve commendation, or have been so grossly neg- 
ligent or incompetent as to render their expulsion from the 
service an act of j ustice to the public. 

GIDEON WELLES. 



gineers. 



INSTRUCTIONS TO SUPERINTENDING ENGINEERS. 
[CIRCULAR.] 

Navy Department, 

January, 1864. 

Sir : The great damage which has been sustained by the 
Navy Department from the poor materials and bad work- 
manship used by some contractors in the manufacture of its 
steam machinery, requires that every possible precaution 
and vigilance on the part of its inspectors should be exer- 
cised to prevent their. occurrences in the future. 
Duties of sii- By the specifications you are entitled to demand the best 
?ineera nding en " materials that art can furnish, and a degree of workmanship 
which may be called perfect. It is impossible for the con- 
tractor to do more than comply with these specifications ; 
and if, in your opinion, his materials and workmanship 
admit of improvement, it is your duty to inexorably exact it. 

The loss to the Government from badly-built machinery 
is not to be measured by the money cost thus saved to the 
contractor. It is immeasurably greater ; the giving way of 
a part in which but a few dollars could be retrenched by 
the substitution of inferior materials, or the employment of 
unskillful labor, may involve the loss of the use of a steamer 
at a time when her services may be worth more than her 
whole commercial value ; in fact, at a time when an event 
of national importance, not to be measured by money at all, 
may depend on her efficiency. Your patriotism, as well as 
your honor, honesty, and professional reputation, is involved 
in the performance of your duty with inflexible fidelity to 
the Government, and you are expected to give your whole 
time and your whole mind to the important work which the 
Department has committed to your supervision. For any 



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omission or defects arising from neglect of this yon wil 
be considered responsible; and any present made by con- 
tractors to any person in the employment of the Depart- 
ment will be viewed by it with strong disapprobation, 
and the reception of such present will be sufficient cause 
for removal. 

Your attention is particularly called to the following 
points : 

1st. That the boiler plate is of the first quality, highly 
malleable, ductile and tough, capable of being tightly com- 
pressed by the? rivets, and of being calked in a durable man- 
ner. - It is impossible to make a tight boiler of inferior iron. 
The rivets should be of the best quality of iron that it is pos- 
sible to make, and thoroughly worked. The double-riveted 
seams are to be made true and fair, and calked on both 
sides. There are but few places where this cannot be done, 
whereas it is believed there are many cases where it is not 
done. The rivets are to be staggered, and not placed too 
far apart. It should be remembered that the principal 
object of double-riveting in rectangular boilers is tightness, 
not strength. Neither acids nor "quakers" to be allowed 
in making the seams. 

2nd. The tube plates are to be drilled, not punched, and to 
theprecise diameter of the tube, so that the latter fits the hole 
absolutely tight before being expanded. Immense loss has 
been inflicted on the Department by some contractors making 
the tube holes from one thirty-second to two thirty-seconds 
of an inch too large in order to secure a cheap and easy fit 
of the tube; and the latter being of too poor material to 
endure the expansion required to fill a hole so much too 
large, splits at the ends and leaks ever afterward. This leak- 
age, even at only a few joints, with iron vertical water-tubes, 
soon destroys all the tubes in the box, the lye formed by the 
water with the coal-ashes and soot on the lower plate spread- 
ing over the entire bottom of the box and rapidly corroding 
out the lower part of every tube in it. You will be vigilant 
to see that the diameters of the tube holes are accurate. 
Nothing is so destructive to a boiler as leaks, and no pains 
or cost should be spared to prevent them. The socket bolts 
of the water bottoms should all have heads on the inside, 
and on the outside large washers and nuts. 

3d. As the boilers are intended for carying high steam, 
and are braced for the same, you will be particular to secure 
in the crow-feet, half-moons ? joints, angle and T iron, pine, 
&C, and in the riveting by which the braces are attached 
to the boiler shell, the same strength which the specifica- 
tions require in the braces. It is obviously useless to make 
a boiler for high steam and attach its heavy bracing to the 
shell by a system of riveting with strength inferior to that 
of the braces. 

4th. The quality of the iron for the cylinder and its valve 
should receive your most anxious scrutiny. It should be of 
the best scrap, carefully selected, tough, with a fine compact 
grain, and so hard that the tool can barely work it. The 
cylinder and its valve must be cast at different times and of 
different metals. With steam of high pressure and super- 



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heated, tlie greatest care is required in securing the proper 
quality of metal and workmanship for horizontal cylinders 
with slide valves. The boring of the cylinder and the facing 
of the valve and its seat should be perfect. 

5th. The main and crank-pin journals must be turned 
perfectly true from end to end, and highly polished. They 
must also be mathematically in line and without a flaw. 

6th. The brasses for these journals must be of the composi- 
tion required in the specifications, and you will personally 
be present and see tbe metals weighed out in the proper 
proportions, mixed and poured. They are to*be first bored 
and channeled, and then scraped to their journals. They 
are to have sufficient end-play to allow for expansions when 
heated. They are to be closely examined, and, if not of uni- 
form texture, rejected. 

7th. You will personally see to the securing of the thrust 
pillow block, and to the quality and workmanship of its 
brasses. 

8th. You will personally superintend the " lining" of the 
engine. 

9th. You will give particular attention to the tightness of 
the joints, especially of the vacuum joints, and to the pack- 
ing of the engine. 

10th. The lignum- vitsB in the pump-packings and in the 
stern-bushings is to be thoroughly soaked before being- 
bored to the required diameter. 

It is to be distinctly understood by you that there are 
to be no variations from the requirements of the contracts, 
nor any additions thereto unless authorized by the proper 
Bureau, with a copy of which you must be furnished by the 
general superintendent. 

I am, very respectfullv, vonr obedient servant, 

GIDEON WELLES, 

Secretary of the Navy. 



BANK. 



AN ACT to establish and equalize the grades of line officers of the United 

States Navy. 

Relative rank Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the relative rank 
between officers between officers of the Navy and the Army shall be as fol- 
Navy! Army and lows, lineal rank only to be considered : 

Eear- admirals with major generals. 

Commodores with brigadier generals. 

Captains with colonels. 

Commanders with lieutenant colonels. 

Lieutenant commanders with majors. 

Lieutenants with captains. 

Masters with first lieutenants. 

Ensigns with second lieutenants. 

# # # # # * 

Approved July 1G, 1862. (Vol. 12, p. 583.) 



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AN ACT making appropriations for the naval .service for the year, end- 
ing Jane thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for other 
purposes. 

Sec. 7. That the officers of the Engineer Corps on the Number of en- 
active list of the Navy shall be as follows: SkTreStlvei^ 

Ten chief engineers, who shall have the relative rank of^ thlilieomcer8 - 
captain; 

Fifteen chief engineers, who shall have the relative rank 
of commander ; and 

Forty-five chief engineers, who shall have the relative 
rank of lieutenant commander or lieutenant 5 

And each and all of the above-named officers of the 
Engineer Corps shall have the pay of chief engineers of the 
Navy, as now provided. 

One hundred first assistant engineers, who shall have the 
relative rank of lieutenant or master ; and 

One hundred second assistant engineers, who shall have 
the relative rank of master or ensign; and the said assistant 
engineers shall have the pay of first and second assistant 
engineers of the Navy, respectively, as now provided. 

Sec. 8. That no person under nineteen or over twenty- 
six years of age shall be appointed a second assistant 
engineer in the Navy ; nor shall any person be appointed 
or promoted in the engineer corps until after he has been 
found qualified by a board of competent engineer and 
medical officers designated by the Secretary of the Navy, 

and has complied with existing regulations. 

# * . # # # * 

Sec. 10. That the foregoing grades, hereby established Grades to be 
for the staff corps of the Navy, shall be filled by appoint- toSeni^ty^ 6 
ment from the highest numbers in each corps, according to 
seniority, and that new commissions shall be issued to the 
officers so appointed, in which commissions the titles and 
grades herein established shall be inserted; and no exist- 
ing commission shall be vacated in the said several staff 
corps except by the issue of new commissions, required by 
the provisions of this act, and no officer shall be reduced in 
rank or lose seniority in his own corps by any change 
which may be required under the provisions of this act; 
and the officers of the staff corps of the Navy shall take 
precedence in their several corps, and in their several 
grades, and with officers of the line with whom they hold 
relative rank, according to length of service in the Navy: 
Provided, That, in estimating the length of service for this 
purpose, the several officers of the staff corps shall, respect- 
ively, take precedence in their several grades, and with Precedence ac- 
those officers of the line of the Navy with whom they lioldS? 1 jSSo t 2 lengfll 
relative rank who have been in the naval service six years six years to be 
longer than such officers of said staff corps have been in Jjf ^vice 0? staff 
said service: And provided further. That, in estimating officers, 
such length of service, officers who have been advanced or 
lost numbers on the Navy Register shall be considered as 

having gained or lost length of service accordingly. 

* # # # * # 



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Rank of CMef Sec. 12. That the chief of the Bureau * *• * of Steam 

of Bureau. Engineering shall have the relative rank of commodore 

while holding said position, (dr if heretofore or hereafter 

retired therefrom by reason of age or length of service.)* * * 

Approved March 3, 1871. 



PRECEDENCE. 

AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending 
June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for other pur- 
poses. 

Precedence ac- Sec. 12. * * * That commanding officers of 

cordmg to rank. vessels f war aiK i f liaval stations shall take precedence 
over all officers placed under their command, and the Sec- 
retary of the Navy may, in his discretion, detail a line 
officer to act as the aid or executive of the commanding 
officer of a vessel of war, or naval 'station, which officer 
shall, when riot impracticable, be next in rank to said com- 
manding officer, and who, as such aid or executive, shall, 
while executing the orders of the commanding officer, on 
board such vessel, or at such station, take precedence over 
all officers attached to such vessel or station ; and all orders 
of such aid or executive shall be regarded as proceeding 
from the commanding officer; and such aid or executive 
shall have no independent authority in consequence of such 
detail ; and staff officers, senior to the officer so detailed, 
shall have the right to communicate directly with the com- 
manding officer, and in processions on shore, on courts-mar- 
tial, summary courts, courts of inquiry, boards of survey, 
* and all other boards, line and staff officers shall take preced- 
ence according to rank. 

Sec. 13. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with 
this act are hereby repealed. 

Approved March 3, 1871. 



PROMOTION, &c. 

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to establish and equalize the 
grade of line officers of the United States Navy/' avrproved July six- 
teen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. 

officers below Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
Se e not°t?Te^ United States of America in Congress assembled, That no 
promoted until line officer of the Navy upon the active list, below the 
Sfd profeSon a ai grade of commodore, nor any other naval officer, shall be 
SsSecT &c estab " P rom °ted to a higher grade until his mental, moral, and 
professional fitness to perform all his duties at sea shall be 
established to the satisfaction of a board of examining offi- 
cers to be appointed by the President of the United States. 
And such board shall have power to take testimony, the 
witnesses when present to be sworn by the president of the 
board, and to examine all matter on the files and records of 



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the Department in relation to any officer whose case shall 
he considered hy them. 

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That such examining- Exa m i n i n g 
board shall consist of not less than three officers, senior in Som^oSd. wh ° m 
rank to the officer to be examined. 

Sec. 3. And be it farther enacted, That any officer to be Rights of the 
acted upon by said board shall have the right to be present, jJJSJf tobeacted 
if he desires it ; and his statement of his case, on oath, and 
the testimony of witnesses, and his examination shall be 
recorded. 

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That no officer in the Promotion to 
naval service shall be promoted to a higher grade therein, exfminatKm r7 
upon the active list, until he has been examined by a board ( i uirecl - 
of naval surgeons, and pronounced physically qualified to 
perform all his duties 'at sea. And all officers whose cases officers not re- 
shall have been acted upon by the aforesaid boards, and commended, to be 
who shall not have been recommended for promotion by r 

both of them, shall be placed upon the retired list. 

# # * # ' * * 

Approved April 21, 18G4. (Vol. 13, p. 53.) 



AN ACT to provide for an advance of rank to officers of the Navy and 
Marine Corps for distinguished merit. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of 
the United I States of America in Congr 'ess assembled, That any Advancement 
officer of the Navy or Marine Corps, by and with the advice ^ Sot^Marhfe 
and consent of the Senate, may be advanced not exceeding Corps for con- 
thirty numbers in rank, for having exhibited eminent and £batSe. con uc 
conspicuous conduct in battle, or extraordinary heroism. 

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any officer of the 
Navy or Marine Corps, either of volunteers or otherwise, o^ers^oojav* 
who shall be nominated to a higher grade by the pro visions a n°d ls Mar fne 
of the first section of this act, or of that of section nine of^^J^J^^? 
an act entitled "An act to establish and equalize the grades 
of line officers of the United States Navy," approved July 
sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall be promoted, 
notwithstanding the number of said grade may be full, but 
no further promotions shall take place in that grade f except 
for like cause, until the number is reduced to that provided Restriction. 
by law. 

# # * # . # * 

Approved January 1>4, 1865. (Yol. 13, p. 424.) 



[Extract from an act to prevent officers of the Navy from heing deprived 
of their regular promotion on account of wounds received in hattle, 
and for other purposes.] 

Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of officers not to 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the p? mo§ST e on a c- 
pro vision of section four of the act to amend an act entitled count of wounds 
"An act to establish and equalize the grade of line officers ti e e c . eivecl " bat " 



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of the United States Navy," approved July sixteen, eight- 
een hundred and sixty-two, requiring that no officer in the 
naval service shall be promoted to a higher grade upon the 
active list until he has been examined by a board of naval 
surgeons and pronounced physically qualified to perform all 
his duties at sea, shall not be construed to apply to, and ex- 
clude from the promotion to which he would otherwise be 
regularly entitled, any officer in whose case such medical 
board shall report that his physical disqualification was oc- 
casioned by wounds received in the line of his duty, and 
that such wounds do not incapacitate him for other duties 

in the grade to which he shall be promoted. 

# # # # # # 

Approved July 28, 1866. 

For the promotion of officers on the retired and reserved 
lists, see u Eetired Officers," p. 58. 



QUAETERS. 

Rooms on star- The state-rooms on the starboard side of the ward-room 
rad-room e forare to be occupied by the line officers, and those on the port 
^ort Sxie for' staff s *^ e ^y ^ ne s ^ an? officers of the ward-room mess. * 
Seers. 6 ° r ' On the port side, the forward state-room of all connected 

o/poTrside ?^ w *tn the ward-room is to be occupied by the senior engi- 
engineer in neer on board in char s;e of the engines. * * * * 
charge - GIDEON WELLES, 

Secretary of the Navy. 
Navy Department, March 13, 1868. 



[CIRCULAR.] 

Navy Department, 

October 3, 1871. 
The following modifications of, and additions to, previous regulations 
and circulars are hereby ordered : 

OCCUPATION OF ROOMS. 

In 1st and 2d class vessels rooms in the ward-room will be occupied as 
follows : 

Starboard side. 

forward room- . ■ Executive officer. 

Next aft Navigation and ordnance officer. 

All rooms abaft these by Line officers according to rank. 

Port side. 

Forward room Chief engineer. 

Next aft Paymaster. 

Next aft Surgeon. 

Next aft Senior marine offier. 

Next aft Chaplain. 

Next aft Secretary. 

All rooms abaft these by Staff officers according to rank. 



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UNIFORM. 

Masters will wear the epaulets, cocked hat, and shoulder-straps pre- 
scribed for officers of that grade in the Uniform Regulations of Decem- 
ber 1, 18G0. 

The uniform to be worn by a secretary to a commander-in-chief of a 
fleet or commander of a squadron will be as prescribed in the Regulations 
of December 1, 1806. 

GEO. M. ROBESON, 

Secretary of the Navy. 



EXTRACTS FROM REGULATIONS PRESCRIBING THE UNI- 
FORM FOR THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 

GENERAL REGULATIONS. 

Full-dress uniform for occasions of special ceremony. — Body-coat as 
prescribed, epaulets, cocked hat, sword with sword-knot, and blue-cloth 
or white-drilling pantaloons, to suit the season of the year, weather, or 
climate, as may be directed by the senior officer present. 
_ Full-dress uniform for general duty and official visits on shore. — Frock- 
coat as prescribed, epaulets, cocked hat or cap, sword with sword-knot, 
andblue-cloth or white-drilling pantaloons, to suit the season of the year, 
weather, or climate, as may be directed by the senior officer present. 

Service dress and undress uniform. — Frock-coat as prescribed, with 
shoulder-straps, cap, and with or without sword and sword-knot ; pan- 
taloons, blue or white, to suit the season of the year, weather, or climate, 
as may be directed by the senior officer present. 

Officers will wear the prescribed full-dress uniform for " occasions of 
special ceremony," whenever they make special official visits of cere- 
mony to the President, or Secretary of the Navy, or to foreign authori- 
ties and vessels of war. 

Officers will wear either the prescribed full-dress uniform for "gene- 
ral duty" or the a undress uniform" whenever they make official visits 
to the President, Secretary of the Navy, heads of other Departments, or 
to foreign authorities and vessels of war. 

Officers serving on courts-martial, courts of inquiry, boards of exami- 
nation, or special boards, or when attending as witnesses before courts - 
martial or courts of inquiry, or in any other capacity, wall wear the un- 
dress uniform, without swords, unless otherwise specially directed by 
competent authority. 

Officers in their social intercourse within the United States (upon oc- 
casions requiring them to appear in evening dress) may wear, a body- 
coat made according to the prevailing fashion, of Navy-blue cloth, with 
five Navy buttons on each breast, and wdth the devices of rank and 
grade on the ends of the collar, as authorized for sack and overcoats, 
but without shoulder-straps, epaulets, cocked hat, or sleeve ornaments. 

It is optional with officers to wear their uniform while on duty in the 
Navy Department, at the Observatory, Hydrographic Office, or on Light- 
house duty ashore. 

Undress uniform is to be worn by all officers when attached to any 
vessel of the Navy or Coast Survey, to any navy-yard or station, or to 
any hospital or other naval establishment, for duty, unless when absent 
on leave. 



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Swords are always to be worn at quarters, and on leaving a vessel, 
navy-yard, or station, on military duty. 

Officers on furlough will not wear their uniform, and officers are strictly 
prohibited from wearing any part of it while suspended from duty by 
sentence of a court-martial. 

Chaplains, when performing divine service, may wear either the vest- 
ments of the church to which they belong or the uniform prescribed in 
the regulations. 

On all occasions of ceremony or duty, abroad or in the United States, 
when a commanding officer may deem it necessary to order the attend- 
ance of the officers under his command, he shall be careful in such order 
to prescribe the particular dress to be worn. 

Officers attached to vessels in foreign ports will not visit the shore 
without being in uniform, except by permission of commanding officer. 

Officers are forbidden to wear any part of their uniform with citizens' 
dress. They must wear the whole of their uniform or none. 

Before a vessel proceeds to sea there will be a general muster for the 
purpose of ascertaining whether the officers and crew are provided with 
the uniform, full and undress, as prescribed by the regulations, and the 
commanding officer of the vessel will see that al-1 deficiencies are supplied 



DRESS. 

Full-dress body-coat. 

The full-dress body-coat for the admiral, vice-admiral, rear-admirals, 
commodores, captains, commanders, lieutenant commanders, lieuten- 
ants, masters, ensigns,* and all staff officers of relative rank, respectively, 
shall be of Navy-blue cloth, double-breasted, lined with white silk serge; 
the waist of the coat to descend to the top of the hip-bone ; the skirts 
to begin about one-fifth of the circumference from the front edge and 
descend four-fifths from the hip-bone toward the knee, with one button 
behind on each-hip, and one near the bottom of the pocket in each fold; 
two rows of large Navy buttons on the breast, nine in each row, placed 
four inches and a half apart from eye to eye at top, and two inches 
and a half at bottom ; the cuffs of the coat to be closed, without buttons, 
and to be from two and a half to three inches deep ; standing collar to 
hook in front at bottom, and to slope thence upward and backward at 
an angle of twenty-five degrees on each side, and to rise no higher than 
will permit a free movement of the chin over it; to have one strip of gold- 
embroidered white-oak leaves (as per pattern) for the admiral, vice- 
admiral, and rear-admirals; to have a strip of Navy gold lace one inch 
wide around the top and down the front for commodores, captains, and 
commanders, and one-half inch wide for lieutenant commanders, lieu- 
tenants, masters, and ensigns. 

All staff officers will wear the same widths of gold lace around the 
top and down the front of the collars of their full-dress body-coats as 
prescribed for line officers, with whom they have relative rank, respect- 
ively. 

# # * * ' * * * 

The full-dress body-coat is to be worn only with epaulets, cocked hat, 
sword, and sword-knot. 



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Full-dress duty, undress, and service frock-coat. 

The full-dress duty, undress, and service frock-coat for all commis- 
sioned officers will be of Navy-blue cloth, faced with the same, and lined 
with black silk serge ; double-breasted, with two rows of large Navy 
buttons on the breast, nine in each row, placed four inches and a half 
apart from eye to eye at top, and two inches and a half at bottom; roll- 
ing collar; skirts to be full, commencing at the hip-bone and descending 
four-fifths thence toward the knee, with one button behind on each hip 
and one near the bottom of the pocket in each fold ; cuffs to be closed, 
without buttons, and from two and a half to three inches deep. 

Sack-coats. 

Sack-coats of Navy-blue flannel or blue cloth may be worn off duty 
by all officers on board ship and in the United States; but never on 
shore, nor on board ship on duty in a foreign port. Sack-coats shall be 
single-breasted, with a row of live medium-size buttons on the right 
breast. Shoulder-straps and lace on the sleeves will be dispensed with, 
on sack-coats — retaining the star for line officers — in which case the 
designations of rank and corps will be worn on the ends of the collar, 
as follows : : 

Commodores. — One silver star, with a silver anchor back of it. 

Captains. — A silver spread-eagle, with a silver anchor back of it. 

Commanders. — A silver leaf, with a silver anchor back of it. 

Lieutenant Commanders. — A gold leaf, with a silver anchor back of it. 

Lieutenants. — Two gold bars, with a silver anchor back of them. 

Masters. — One gold bar, with a silver anchor back of it. 

Ensigns. — A silver anchor placed horizontally stock up. 

Midshipmen. — A gold cord, one-eighth of an inch in diameter and one 
and one-quarter of an inch long, across the end of the collar. 

Staff officers will wear on the ends of the collars of their sack-coats 
their respective shoulder-strap devices in the same way as the line offi- 
cers with whom they have relative rank, omitting the duplicate end 
device. 



Pantaloons. 

For all officers, are to be of Navy-blue cloth or white duck or drilling, 
(or for " service dress," of navy-blue flannel.) 

Within the tropics white pantaloons are to be worn at all seasons of 
the year, unless otherwise ordered by the officer in command. 

North of the tropics blue pantaloons are to be worn from the 1st of 
October to. the 15th of May, and white ones from the loth of May to the 
1st of October, when the weather is suitable ; and south of the tropics 
vice versa, subject, however, to such exceptions as may be directed or 
authorized by the senior officer present in command. 

Vests. 

For all officers, will be single-breasted, standing collar, with nine small 
Navy buttons in front, and made of Navy-blue cloth, fine blue flannel, or 
of suitable white material. 



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Jackets and flannel coats. 

Jackets may be worn as " service dress" by all officers, except at gen- 
eral muster, or upon special occasions of ceremony, when a different 
dress is prescribed by the commanding officer ; to be of Navy-blue cloth, 
faced with the same, and lined with black silk serge; double or single 
breasted, as in the coat; rolling collar, with the same number of small- 
sized buttons on the breast as for the coat, and with the same arrange- 
ment of lace on the cuffs, and the same shoulder-straps. 

In mild climates or seasons, officers in " service dress" may wear the 
uniform made of Navy-blue fine flannel. Coats to be lined with black 
silk serge, and furnished with Navy buttons of medium size. The same 
may be worn on shipboard at sea, except at general muster ; also on 
board ship in port, except at general muster, when on watch with the 
colors hoisted, or on occasions of ceremony, when a different dress is 
prescribed by the commanding officer. 

White Jinen or grass jackets, to be made like the cloth ones, but with- 
out straps or sleeve ornaments, may be worn within the tropics, at sea 
and in port, with white straw hats, when the weather, in the opinion of 
the commanding officer, is such as to require it. They must not, how- 
ever, be worn ashore in foreign ports, nor by the officer of the deck, for 
the time being, in ports where the vessel may be visited by strangers. 

Overcoats. 

Overcoats shall be a caban overcoat and cape, of dark-blue beaver or 
pilot cloth, skirt to extend below the knee; cape to be ten inches shorter; 
double-breasted, with pockets in side seam, and five Navy buttons on 
each breast. The cape to be made so that it can be removed at pleasure, 
so as to form a separate garment. On each end of the collar of the 
overcoat the same devices of rank and corps shall be worn, respectively, 
as authorized for sack-coats. 



Cravat. 

Cravat for all officers, to be of black silk or satin, with a white shirt- 
collar showing above it. 

SLEEVE ORNAMENTS. 



Full-dress body and frock-coats. 

For commodores, one strip of gold lace, two inches wide, one inch 
and a half from the edge of the sleeve. 

For captains, four strips of Navy gold lace one-half inch wide, one- 
quarter of an inch apart ; the lower strip one inch and a half from the 
lower edge of the sleeve. 

For commanders, the same, except that there shall be but three strips 
of gold lace. 

For lieutenant commanders, the same, except that there shall be but 
two strips of gold lace. 

For lieutenants, the same, except that there shall be but one strip of 



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half-inch gold lace, and one strip of one-quarter-inch gold lace, one-quarter 
of an inch above it. 

For a master, the same, except that there shall be but one strip of 
half-inch gold lace. 

For an ensign, the same, except that there will be but one strip of 
one quarter-inch gold lace. 

Staff officers of assimilated rank will conform to the above. 

Engineers will wear around the sleeve red cloth, between the strips 
of gold lace. 

Staff officers entitled to but one strip of lace on the sleeve will wear 
the colored cloth so as to show one-fourth of an inch above and below 
the strip. 

No other officers are entitled to wear the above-described ornaments. 

EPAULETS, SHOULDER-STRAPS, ETC. 

Epaulets. 

All commissioned officers, including and above the rank of lieuten- 
ant, will wear two gold-bullion epaulets with their respective strap orna- 
ments on the frogs, to be of the following dimensions : ' 

For the admiral, vice-admiral, rear-admirals, and commodores, the 
strap to be two and three-quarters of an inch wide and six inches long ; 
frog four and three-eighths of an inch wide; crescent eleven-sixteenths 
of an inch in the broadest part ; bullion three and one-half inches long 
and five-eighths of an inch in diameter. Staff' officers of relative rank 
to wear the same. 

For captains, commanders, lieutenant commanders, and staff officers 
of relative rank, the strap to be two and three-quarters of an inch wide 
and six inches long ; frog four and three-eighths of an inch wide ; cres- 
cent eleven-sixteenths Of an inch in the broadest part ; bullion three 
inches long and half an inch in diameter. 

For lieutenants and staff officers of relative rank, the strap to be two 
and one-half inches wide and six inches long; frog four and three-eighths 
of an inch wide; crescent nine-sixteenths of an inch in the broadest part ; 
bullion three inches long and three-eighths of an inch in diameter. 

8hou Ider-straps. 

No officer in the Navy below the assimilated rank of lieutenant will 
wear shoulder-straps, cocked hat, or epaulets. 

Masters, ensigns, and midshipmen, after graduation, and staff officers 
of assimilated rank, will wear, in lieu of shoulder-straps or epaulets, 
gold- embroidered shoulder-loops as per patterns ; staff officers omitting 
the anchor. 

These can also t)e worn on the undress frock-coat, either on duty or 
on other occasions. 

All shoulder-straps are to be of Navy-blue cloth, four inches and a 
quarter long, and one inch and a half wide, including the border, which 
is to be a quarter of an inch wide and embroidered in gold, except for 
the admiral, which will be four and seven-eighths inches long and one 
and five-eighths of an inch wide, including the border, which is to be 
one-quarter of an inch Avide. 

The center and end ornaments, or distinctions of the line and staff, 
and indications of rank, are to be embroidered in gold or in silver, as 
hereinafter designated, and are to be as follows : 

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Devices for shoulder -straps and frogs of epaulets. 



For commodores, a silver star of five rays, placed in the center, with 
a silver foul anchor at each end of the strap, or frog of the epaulet. 

For captains, a silver spread-eagle in the center, with a silver foul 
anchor at each end of the strap, or frog of the epaulet. 

For commanders, a silver oak-leaf at each end, with a silver foul 
anchor in the center of the strap, or frog of the epaulet. 

For lieutenant commanders, a gold oak-leaf at each end, with a silver 
foul anchor in the center of the strap, or frog of the epaulet. 

For lieutenants, two gold bars at each end, with a silver foul anchor 
in the center of the strap, or frog of the epaulet. 

Staff officers will wear shoulder-straps of the same description as pre- 
scribed for line officers with whom they have relative rank, respectively, 
with the following exceptions, viz : 

In the Engineers' Corps a device of four oak-leaves in the form of a 
cross is substituted. 



COCKED HAT, CAP, ETC. 

Cocked hat. 

All commissioned officers, including and above the rank of lieutenant, 
will wear a black cocked hat of the following dimensions : 

To be not more than six nor less than five and a half inches on the 
back fan ; and not more than five and a half nor less than five inches 
on the front fan 5 and not more than eighteen nor less than sixteen 
inches long from peak to peak. The hat to be bound with black-silk 
lace, to show one inch and a quarter on each side. In the fold, at each 
end of the hat, a tassel will be worn, formed of five gold and five blue 
bullions; and on the front or right fan, a black-silk cockade four and a 
half inches in diameter. 

The admiral, vice-admiral, rear-admirals, commodores, and staff 
officers of relative rank, will wear over the cockade a loop of six gold 
bullions, half an inch in diameter, the two inner bullions to be twisted 
together, with a small Navy button in the lower end of the loop. 

All other officers entitled to wear cocked hats will wear over the 
cockade a loop formed of four gold bullions, three-eighths of an inch in 
diameter, not twisted, with a small Navy button in the lower end of the 
loop. 

Cap. 

The cap to be of dark blue cloth ; diameter of the top to be the same 
as the base; quarters not less than one and a quarter nor more than one- 
inch and a half wide in front, sloping gradually ; and to be not less than 
one-half nor more than three-quarters of an inch wide at the back of the 
cap. The seam around the tip to be without a welt, and neatly stitched 
on each side. Band to be one inch and a half wide, with a welt one- 
eighth of an inch in diameter at the top, and a welt one-eighth of an inch 
in diameter one-quarter of an inch from the base of the cap. A plain 
black-ribbed silk band will be worn between the upper and lower welts. 
Visor to be of black patent leather, bound green underneath, and not 



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less than one and a half nor more than one and three-quarters of an inch 
wide in front, and rounded, as per pattern. The inside band to be of 
stout pasteboard, and to extend from the base of the cap to within one- 
quarter of an inch of the tip. The sweat and inside linings to be of 
imcolored morocco. The cap in front is to be not less than two and a 
half nor more than three inches in height, according to size, with four 
black metal eyelets inserted in the top for ventilation. 

During rainy weather only a black glazed silk cover may be worn 
over the cap. 

Cap ornaments. 

The cap ornament for all commissioned officers in the Navy and mid- 
shipmen after graduation will be a silver shield with two crossed anchors 
in gold, arranged as per pattern. A gold cord of the same pattern as 
the one now worn by the midshipmen at the Naval Academy will be 
worn on the front of the cap by all officers. 

Straw hats. 

In tropical climates, or during warm seasons, officers may wear white 
straw hats under the same restrictions as in the case of jackets; the 
bod}' of the hat to be not more than three and a half nor less than two 
and a half inches in height, and the brim, without lining, not more than 
three and a half nor less than two inches in width, with a plain band of 
black ribbon. 



Sword and scabbard. 

For all officers, shall be a cut-and-thrust blade, not less than twenty- 
six nor more than twenty-nine inches long; half-basket hilt; grip, white; 
scabbards of black leather; mountings of yellow gilt; and all as per 
pattern. 

The full-dress sword-belt of the admiral, vice-admiral, rear-admi- 
rals, and commodores will be of blue cloth, with a small gold cord 
around the edge, and one strip of gold-embroidered white-oak leaves, 
one-half inch wide, running through the center, as per pattern. 

The sling-straps to be of blue cloth, with a small gold thread around 
the edge, as per pattern. 

The full-dress sword-belts of the different grades below the rank of 
commodore will be of blue webbing, with gold cord woven in, as per 
patterns. 



Undress sword-belt. 

For all officers, shall be of plain black glazed leather, not less than 
one inch and a half nor more than two inches wide, with slings of the 
same not less than one-half nor more than three-quarters of an inch 
wide, and a hook in the forward ring to suspend the sword. Belt-plate 
of yellow gilt in front, two inches in diameter; the belt to be worn over 
the coat. 



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Sword-lcnot. 

For all officers, except mates, clerks, boatswains, gunners, carpenters, 
and sail-makers, shall be a strap of gold lace twenty-four inches long, 
including the tassel, gold slide, tassel of twelve gold bullions, one inch 
and three-quarters long, inclosing five blue bullions, with basket-worked 
head. 

Buttons. 

Shall be gilt, convex, and of three sizes in exterior diameter; large, 
seven-eighths of an inch; medium, seven-tenths of an inch; and small, 
nine-sixteenths of an inch. Each size is to have the same device. 



Uniform dress for petty officers, seamen, firemen, coal-heavers, ordinary 
seamen, landsmen, and boys. 

Seamen, gunners, machinists, masters-at-arms, yeomen, apothecaries, 
and paymasters' writers will wear blue jackets, with rolling collars, 
double-breasted; two row>s of medium-size Navy buttons on the breast, 
six in each row; slashed sleeves or cuffs, with three small-size Navy 
buttons; plain blue caps, with visor. They will be allowed to wear 
white cotton or linen shirts (in place of duck frocks, with turn-over 
collars) and uniform vests, with six small-size Navy buttons. 

Machinists will (in addition to the petty officers' device on the sleeve 
above the elbow) wear on both sleeves, in front, half-way between the 
edge of the sleeve and the elbow, a badge representing a paddle-wheel, 
with a five-pointed star above; to be worked in, or made of white or 
blue sewing materials, according to the color of the garment — the white 
upon blue garments, and vice versa. 

All line petty officers will wear on their right sleeve above the elbow, 
in front, an eagle and anchor, of not more than two inches in length, 
with a star of one inch in diameter one inch above it, the whole" to be 
placed vertically, and made of or worked in white or blue sewing 
materials, according to the color of the garment — the white upon blue 
garments, and vice versa. 

All other petty officers, and first-class firemen, except officers' 
stewards, will wear the same device on the left sleeve, but without the 
star. * 

The outside clothing for petty officers not previously specified, sea- 
men, firemen, and coal-heavers, ordinary seamen, landsmen, and boys, 
for muster, shall consist of blue-cloth jackets and trowsers, or blue- 
woolen frocks; blue-cloth caps, without visors; cap-bands to be of 
black ribbon, one and one-quarter of an inch wide, with the name of 
the vessel to which they are attached painted on them in yellow or gilt 
letters. 

In warm weather, or within the tropics, it shall consist of white linen 
or duck frocks, and blue or white trowsers; blue-cloth caps, without 
visors, or white sennit hats, as the commanding officer may direct; hat 
or cap bands to be of black ribbon, with the name of the vessel to which 
they are attached painted on them, as prescribed above; black silk 
neckerchiefs, and shoes or boots, properly cleaned. 



The outside of the collars of all frocks for petty officers, and other 
enlisted men, will be made of or covered with blue dungaree, or blue 
nankin ; the collars of all frocks to be uniform in size — to be six and 
one-half inches deep, and with square corners, with a white-embroidered 
five-pointed star, three-quarters of an inch in diameter, in each corner. 
No tape on the collars. 

The collars to be neatly stitched with white thread — two rows, one- 
eighth of an inch apart, the first row close to the edge. 

The shoulder-pieces of shirts to be doubled; the seams to be over- 
lapped and double-stitched: the rows of the stitching to be one-half 
inch apart. The breasts of the shirt to be of double thickness, four 
inches wide on each side; to be neatly stitched with white thread — two 
rows of stitching one-half inch apart. The opening in front of the shirt 
shall extend downward from the collar ten inches, neatly stitched and 
strengthened at the point where the opening ends. Three tape ties on 
each side, at equal distances apart; ties to be twelve inches long. 

Trowsers are to be made with broad flaps, to button one and three- 
quarters of an inch from the toi). 

The cuff's of all frocks to be uniform in length; there will be no dun- 
garee cuffs. The cuff's are to be of the same material as the frocks; to 
be neatly stitched all around, with two buttons on the sleeve. 

Those for landsmen, coal-heavers, and boys shall have one strip of 
blue dungaree or blue tape around the cuff, one-half inch wide, one inch 
and one-half from the lower edge. 

For ordinary seamen and second-class firemen, two strips, one-quarter 
of an inch apart: for seamen, three strips; and for petty officers, four 
strips. On the blue frocks there shall be strips of white tape, one-half 
inch wide, sewed on in the same manner. 

Caps for all petty officers not otherwise specified, and for enlisted 
men, will be uniform, both in shape and color, and in the length of bow 
to the draw-ribbon. White linen cap-covers may be worn within the 
tropics and elsewhere in very hot weather; the cap covers to be made 
a plain circle, a little larger than the circumference of the cap, with a 
neat white cord, or narrow tape draw-string; and, when tied on the 
cap, to be not more than half an inch below the rounded part of the top 
of the cap. The draw-string is to be fastened behind in a small neat 
knot. 

All sennit hats are to be uniform in shape; the height of the crown 
to be two and one-half inches; the brim to be three inches in width, 
and without lining. 

Hat-ribbons are to be one inch and a quarter wide, and must be 
uniform, both in width and in length of tie-bow. The lettering is to 
be of gilt or yellow color, and must be the same in character and size 
for the whole ship's company. 

Petty officers and others who have received "medals of honor" from 
the Secretary of the Navy will be encouraged to wear them at general 
muster, and on all other suitable occasions. They will also be allowed 
to wear a star, from three-quarters to seven-eighths of an inch in 
diameter, on the left breast of their frocks and jackets, as a distinction. 

All enlisted men to wear, on proper occasions, a working-suit, to con- 
sist of a jumper and pair of overalls, made of canvas-duck. 

The frocks (blue and white) are to be furnished by the paymasters, 
so as to conform in design with the foregoing uniform, with the excep- 
tion of the sleeve and cuff' marks. 



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Watch-marks. 

The first part of the watch will wear one bar made of white tape or 
blue material, according to the color of the frock, one-.half of an inch 
wide and one inch and a quarter long, to be placed horizontally on the 
front part of the sleeve, one inch below the shoulder- seam. 

The second part of the watch will wear two bars, one-half an inch 
apart, parallel to each other and placed horizontally, the upper bar to 
be one inch below the shoulder-seam. 

The starboard watch, will wear the watch-marks on the right arm, 
and the port watch will wear them on the left arm. 

Petty officers, with special arm devices indicating starboard and port 
watches, will not be required to wear other watch-marks. 

It is strictly enjoined upon commandants of stations, and com- 
manding officers of the Navy, to see that the foregoing regulations are 
complied with in every respect, and to require all deviations from them 
to be corrected. 

GEOBGE M. BOBESON, 

Secretary of the Navy. 

Navy Department, July 14, 1869. 

That officers on the retired and reserved lists may wear the uniform 
of their respective grades, see p. 5S. 



PAY AND EMOLUMENTS. 

AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending June thir- 
tieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other purposes. 



Pay. when to Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That the pay of an officer 
commence. Q ^ ^ e ^ aV y ? U pon his original entry into the service, except 
where he is required to give an official bond, shall commence 
upon the date of his acceptance of his appointment ; * # * 
increased pay, that hereafter the increased pay of a promoted officer shall 
mence. t0 ° ° m commence from the date he is to take rank as stated in his 
commission. ##*.## 
Approved July 15, 1870. 



AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service for the year end- 
ing June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for other 
purposes. 

BuVXif Chie± ° f Sec * 12 - * * * Tbat the 1W of Chiefs of Bureau 
in the Navy Department shall be the highest pay of the 
grade to which they belong, but not below that of commo- 
dore. ****** 
Approved March 3, 1871. 



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AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service for the year end- 
ing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other 
purposes. 

# * # # * # 

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That from and after the Annual pay of 
thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy, the |?tfv?iis\° n the 
annual pay of the officers of the Navy on the active list shall 
be as follows: 

Fleet surgeons, fleet paymasters, and fleet engineers, four of fleet engi- 
thousaud four hundred dollars. 

Surgeons, paymasters, and chief engineers during the of chief engi- 

„ . , *= ' *- J „, -i / . /. • • t_ j_ * neers during the 

first hve years after date of commission, when at sea, two first five years, 
thousand eight hundred dollars ; on shore duty, two thou- 
sand four hundred dollars; on leave or waiting orders, two 
thousand dollars; during the second five years after such During the 
date, when at sea, three thousand two hundred dollars; on 8econdflve y ears - 
shore duty, two thousand eight hundred dollars; on leave 
or waiting orders, two thousand four hundred dollars ; during During t ii e 
the third five years after such date, when at sea, three thou- tMrd fiye years 
sand five hundred dollars; on shore duty, three thousand 
two hundred dollars; on leave or waiting orders, two thou- 
sand six hundred dollars; during the fourth five years after During the 
such date, when at sea, three thousand seven hundred <j l- f(mrthflve y ears - 
lars; on shore duty, three thousand six hundred dollars; on 
leave or waiting orders, two thousand eight hundred dollars; 
after twenty years from such date, when at. sea, four thou- After twenty 
sand two hundred dollars; on shore duty, four thousand ycars- 
dollars; on leave or waiting orders, three thousand dollars. 

Passed assistant surgeons, passed assistant paymasters, of first assist - 
and first assistant engineers, during the first five years after J^* e t h gim 
date of appointment, when at sea, two thousand dollars; on five years. 
shore duty, one thousand eight hundred dollars; on leave 
or waiting orders, one thousand five hundred dollars; after After five 
five years from such date, when at sea, two thousand two^ earfc - 
hundred dollars; on shore duty, two thousand dollars; on 
leave or waiting orders, one thousand seven hundred dol- 
lars. 

Assistant surgeons, assistant paymasters, and second of second .as- 
assistant engineers, during the first five years after date oi'aSin^ui^S 
appointment, when at sea, one thousand seven hundred five years, 
dollars; one [on] shore duty, one thousand four hundred 
dollars; on leave or waiting orders, one thousand dollars; 
after five years from such date, when at sea, one thousan d nine After five 
hundred dollars; on shore duty, one thousand six hundred years - 
dollars; on leave or waiting orders, one thousand two hun- 
dred dollars. 

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That the pay prescribed isro allowance 
in the next preceding section shall be the full and entire ^ y addititm t0 
compensation of the several officers therein named, and no 
additional allowance shall be made in favor of any of said 
officers on any account whatever, and all laws or parts of 
laws authorizing any such allowance shall, on the first day 
of July, eighteen hundred and seventy, be repealed; but 
this shall not be construed as repealing existing laws allow- . Except travel- 
ing rations and traveling expenses to officers; and their r atioS. enses am 



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traveling expenses in foreign countries shall be considered 
to include such expenses of transportation of baggage as 
were necessarily incurred; but no charge for transportation 
of baggage in connection with travel in the United States 
shall be allowed. 
Approved July 15, 1870. 



AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service for the year end- 
ing the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight. 

President to fix Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the pay of firemen 
and coai-neavers! and coal-heavers employed in the naval service shall here- 
after be fixed by the President of the United States, in the 
same manner as is now provided by law for the pay of other 

petty officers, and of seamen, ordinary seamen, and marines . 

# # # # # # 

Approved March 3, 1847. 

That officers may receive back pay when dated back after 
Backpay. a delayed examination, see p. 13. 



FURLOUGH PAY. 

AN ACT to regulate the pay of the Navy of the United States. 

officers on fur- And all officers so furloughed shall receive one-half only 
of the p&y to which they would have been entitled if on 
leave of absence. 

Approved March 3, 1835. 



lough 



RETIRED PAY. 

AN ACT to amend certain acts in relation to the Navy. 

Retired and re- Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That officers on the 

t^T\°o ffiC promo- retired and reserved lists of the Navy shall be entitled to 

tion. promotion as their several dates upon the active list are 

promoted; but such promotion shall not entitle them to any 

Retired officers pay beyond that to which they were entitled when retired, 
on active duty to unless upon active duty, when they shall receive the full 

receive full pay. /»,-■- , • ' i 

pay of their respective grades. 



# # 



Approved March 2, 1867. 



AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service for the year end- 
ing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other 
purposes. 

# # * # # * 

Retired officers Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That from and after 
duty 0n to a receive the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy, 
one-haif pay. the pay of all officers of the Navy now on or hereafter 



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placed on the retired list shall, when not on active duty, be 
equal to one-half of the highest pay prescribed by this act 
for officers on the active list whose grade corresponds to 
the grade held by such retired officers respectively at the 
time" of such retirement, and no officer, heretofore or here- 
after promoted upon the retired list shall, in consequence 
of such promotion, be entitled to any increase of pay. 

Approved July 15, 1870. 



AN- ACT for the better government of the Navy of the United States. 

Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where Authority o f 
the crews of the ships or vessels of the United States shall t£ue rs ver tTe 
be separated from their vessels, by the latter being wrecked, crews of lost ves- 
lost, or destroyed, all the command, power, and authority 
given to the officers of such ships or vessels shall remain 
and be in full force as effectually as if such ship or vessel 
were not so wrecked, lost, or destroyed, until such ship's 
company be regularly discharged from or ordered again into 
the service, or until a court-martial or court of inquiry shall 
be held to inquire into the loss of such ship or vessel ; and 
if, by the sentence of such court, or other satisfactory evi- 
dence, it shall appear to the Secretary of the Navy that all 
or any of the officers and men of such ship's company did 
their utmost to preserve her, and after the loss thereof 
behaved themselves agreeably to the discipline of the Navy, 
then the pay and emoluments of such officers and men, or Payandemoiu- 
such of them as shall have done their duty, as aforesaid, Z^wse who* dm 
shall goon until their discharge or death; and every officer their duty, 
or man who shall, after the loss of such vessel, act contrary 
to the discipline of the Navy, shall be punished, at the dis- Punishment tor 

VlOlctTlll °" CllSCl- 

cretion of a court-martial, in the same manner as if such P ime of navy. 
vessel had not been so lost. 

Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That all the pay and ar ^g n |, es ^J| 
emoluments of the officers and men of any of the ships or enemy. e pay y and 
vessels of the United States taken by an enemy, who shall ^feto 8 such 
appear by the sentence of a court-martial, or otherwise, to as did their duty, 
have done their utmost to preserve and defend their ship or &c ' 
vessel, and after the taking thereof have behaved them- 
selves obediently to their superiors, agreeably to the dis- 
cipline of the Navy, shall go on, and be paid them until 
their death, exchange, or discharge. 

Approved July 17, 1862. (Vol. 12, p. 600.) 



RATIONS. 



AN ACT to establish and equalize the grades of line officers of the 
United States Navy. 

Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That all officers, while nations to om- 
at sea or attached to a sea-going vessel, should be allowed cers ' 
one ration. 

Approved July 16, 1862. (Vol. 12, p. 583.) 



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AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service for the year end- 
ing the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. 

To whom r a - Be it further enacted, That * * no person not 

aiwd allll0tbe actually attached to, and doing duty on board a sea-going 
or receiving vessel, and the petty officers, seamen, and ordi- 
nary seamen attached to the ordinary of the navy yards, 
Eations stopped shall be allowed a ration: And provided further, That no 
rations stopped for the sick on board vessels shalt be cred- 
ited to the hospital fund, but shall remain and be accounted 
for by the purser as a part of the provisions of the vessels, 
and that the rations of officers and others of the Navy, sent 
to hospitals on shore, shall be credited to the hospital fund 
at the cost only thereof. 

Approved March 3, 1851. (Yol. 9, p. 621.) 



for the sick. 



AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service for the year end- 
ing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other 
purposes. 

*'-###-#■■'# 

Commutation Sec. 4. * * * And from and after the thirtieth 
tfons.° f navyra day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy, so much of the 
fourth section of the act * * * as allows to per- 
sons in the naval service five cents per day in lieu of the 
spirit ration, is hereby repealed, and from and after that 
day thirty cents shall in all cases be deemed the commuta- 
tion price of the Navy ration. 

* t -* # # # # * 

Approved July 15, 1870. 



AN ACT to estahlish and equalize the grades of line officers of the 
United States Navy. 

No rations to Sec. 20. * * * And no rations shall be allowed 
retired officers, to any officers of the Navy on the retired list. 

Approved July 16, 1862. (Yol. 12, p. 583.) 



Mileage. 



MILEAGE. 

AN ACT to regulate the pay of the Navy of the United States. 

Sec. 2. * * * traveling expenses when under 
orders, for which ten cents per mile shall be allowed. 
Approved March 3, 1835. (Yol. 4, p. 755.) 



PRIZE AND BOUNTY. 

AN ACT to regulate prize proceedings and the distribution of prize 
money, and for other purposes. 

Decrees where Sec. 10. And J)e it further enacted, That the net proceeds 
^sseiwas^of^of all property condemned as prize shall, when the prize 
perior or equal was f superior or equal force to the vessel or vessels mak- 
tiS fori ing the capture, be decreed to the captors; and when of 



Distribution of 



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inferior force, one-half shall be decreed to the United States 
and the other half to the captors: Provided, That in case Proviso— lettera 
of privateers and letters of marque, the whole shall be de- miU,l ' K ' 
creed to the captors, unless it shall be otherwise provided 
in the commissions issued to such vessels. All vessels of vesseisofnayy 
the Navy within signal distance of the vessel or vessels tance^fhare in 
making the capture, under such circumstances and in such tho pre- 
condition as to be able to render effective aid if required, 
shall share in the prize; and in case of vessels not of the other vessels. 
Navy, none shall be entitled to share except the vessel or 
vessels making the capture, in which term shall be included 
vessels present at the capture and rendering actual assist- 
ance in the capture. All prize money adjudged to the 
captors shall be distributed in the following proportions, prii 
namely: 
First. To the commanding officer of a fleet or squadron, . T <> command- 

.. ,, -x'-n • j-ix -J ingorficersof fleet 

one-twentieth part of all prize money awarded to any vessel or squadron. 
or vessels under his immediate command. 

Second. To the commanding officer of a division of a fleet t° oommand- 
or squadron, on duty under the orders of the commander- dmsion. 
in-chief of such fleet or squadron, a sum equal to one-fiftieth 
part. of any prize money awarded to a vessel of such division 
for a capture made while under his command, the said fif- 
tieth part to be deducted from the moiety due to the United 
States, if there be such moiety, otherwise from the amount 
awarded to the captors: Provided, That such fiftieth part 
shall not be in addition to any share which may be due to 
the commander of the division, and which he may elect to 
receive, as commander of a single ship making or assisting 
in the capture. 

Third. To the fleet captain, one-hundredth part of all prize To fleet cap 
money awarded to any vessel or vessels of the fleet or squad- tam ' 
ron in which he is serving, except in a case where the cap- 
ture is made by the vessel on board of which he is serving 
at the time of such capture ; and in such case he shall share, 
in proportion to his pay, with the other officers and men on 
board such? vessel, as is hereinafter provided. 

Fourth. To the commander of a single ship, one-tenth To commander 
part of all the prize money awarded to the ship under his asmge 
command, if such ship at the time of the capture was under 
the command of the commanding officer of a fleet or squad- 
ron, or a division, and three-twentieths if his ship was act- 
ing independently of such superior officer. 

Fifth. After the foregoing deductions, the residue shall To ail others 
be distributed and proportioned among all others doing duty toa&, &c. t J ° n 
on board, (including the fleet captain,) and borne upon the 
books of the ship, in proportion to their respective rates of 
pay in the service. 

Sec. 11. And he it further enacted, That a bounty shall be Bounty for de- 
paid by the United States for each person on board any Ss ofwar° f bT 
ship or vessel of war belonging to an enemy at the commence- longing to the 
inent of an engagement, which shall be sunk or otherwise enemy " 
destroyed in such engagement by any ship or vessel belong- 
ing to the United States, or which it may be necessary to 
destroy in consequence of injuries sustained in action, of 



44 * 

one hundred dollars if the enemy's vessel was of inferior 
force, and of two hundred dollars if of equal or superior 
force, to be divided among the officers and crew in the same 
manner as prize money; and when the actual number of 
men on board any such vessel cannot be satisfactorily ascer- 
tained, it shall be estimated according to the complement 
allowed to vessels of its class in the Navy of the United 
Bounty for ves- states: and there shall be paid as bounty to the captors of 

sels of war cap- ' i x> i_ i *n t • i ^ 

tured from t h e any vessel ot war captured tram an enemy, which the} 7 may 
enemy, &c. ^ e instructed to destroy, or which shall be immediately de- 
stroyed for the public interest, but not in consequence of 
injuries received in action, fifty dollars for every person who 
sa?va<S m &c ne To saa ^ ^e on board at the time of such capture. All ransom 
be distributed as money, salvage, bounty, or proceeds of condemned property, 
pnze money. accruing or awarded to any vessel of the Navy, shall be 
distributed and paid to the officers and men entitled thereto 
-~ ; in the same manner as prize money, under the direction of 
the Secretary of the Navy. 

# # * * # * 

Approved June 30, 1864. (Vol. 13, p. 306.) 



AN ACT making appropriations for the support of the Army for the 
year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for 
other purposes. 



Land-bounty of Sec. 25. And he it further enacted, That * * * 
tTon. (luaxtersec " every seaman, marine, and officer, or other person, who has 
served in the Navy of the United States, or in the Marine 
Corps or Revenue Marine, during the rebellion, for ninety 
days, and remained loyal to the Government, shall, on pay- 
ment of the fee or commission to any register or receiver of 
any land office required by law, be entitled to euter one 
quarter-section of land, not mineral, of the alternate re- 
served sections of public lands along the lines of any one of 
the railroads or other public works in the United States, 
wherever public lands have been or may be granted by acts 
of Congress, and to receive a patent therefor under and by 
virtue of the provisions of the act to secure homesteads to 
actual settlers on the public domain, and the acts amenda- 
tory thereof, and on the terms and conditions therein pre- 
scribed ; and all the provisions of said acts, except as herein 
modified, shall extend and be applicable to entries under 
this act, and the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
is hereby authorized to prescribe the necessary rules and 
regulations to carry this section into effect, and determine 
all facts necessary therefor. 
Approved July 15, 1870. 



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COMPENSATION AND RELIEF. 

AX ACT for the relief of seamen and others borne on the books of ves- 
sels wrecked or lost in the naval service. 



Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That the proper ac- Last quarterly 
counting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, ^Ster to \tL'- 
authorized, in settling the accounts of the petty officers, snmed as a basis 
seamen, and others, not officers, on board of any vessel in iS'c^SSJoMeS 1, 
the employ of the United States which, by any casualty, or 
in action with the enemy, has been or may be sunk or other- 
wise destroyed, * * * to allow and pay to eacn per- 
son, not an officer, employed on a vessel so sunk or otherwise Compensation 
destroyed, and whose personal effects have been lost, a snmai r effects fpers011 
not exceeding sixty dollars as compensation for loss of his 
personal effects. 

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That in case of the How payments 
death of such petty officer, seaman, or other person, not an ^o^th^dtath 
officer, snch payment shall be made to the widow, child, or of petty officers, 
children, father, mother, brothers, and sisters, (jointly,) in &c ' 
that order of preference, under snch rules as the Second 
Comptroller of the Treasury may prescribe 5 such credits 
and gratuity to be paid out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated. 

Approved July 4, 1864. (Vol. 13, p. 389.) 



AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act for the relief of seamen and 
others borne on the books of vessels wrecked or lost in the naval ser- 
vice/"' approved Jury four, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and for 
other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and Mouse of Representatives of Compensation 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in oV^ersonii'iT 
case any officer of the Navy or Marine Corps on board a fects - 
vessel in the employ of the United States which, by any 
casualty, or in action with the enemy, has been or may be 
sunk or otherwise destroyed, shall thereby have lost his 
personal effects, the proper accounting officers are hereby 
authorized, with the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, 
to allow such officer a sum not exceeding the amount of his 
sea-pay for one month, as compensation for such loss : Pro- Provisos. 
vided, That such loss has not occurred through the negli- 
gence or want of skill or foresight of the officer making 
application for such loss: Provided, That the accounting 
officers shall, in all cases, require a schedule and certificate 
from the officer making the claim for effects so lost : And 
provided further, That no allowance shall be made by virtue 
of this act for any loss incurred prior to the nineteenth day 
of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. 

Approved April 6, 1860. 



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PENSIONS. 

AX ACT for the better government of the Navy of the United States. 
****** 
Peusums for Sec. 13. And I be it further enacted, That every officer, sea- 
man, or marine, disabled in the line of his duty, shall be 
entitled to receive for life, or during his disability, a pen- 
sion from the United States, according to the nature and 
degree of his disability, not exceeding in any case his 
monthly pay. 

* ' * * * * * 

Approved July 17. 1862. (Vol. 12, p. 600.) 



disability, 



Extract from an act renewing certain naval pensions and extending the 
benefits of existing laws, respecting naval pensions to engineers, fire- 
men, and coal-heavers in the Navy, and to their widows. 

Pension bene- Sec. 2. That engineers, firemen, and coal-heavers in the 

persons e in °t hi -^ av y saa ll °e entitled to pensions in the same manner as 

Engineer Depart- officers, seainen, and marines, and the widows of engineers, 

firemen, and coal-heavers in the same manner as the widows 

of officers, seamen, and marines. ***** 

****** 

Approved August 11, 1818. 



AN ACT to grant pensions. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled. That if 
any officer, non-commissioned officer, musician, or private 
of the Army, including regulars, volunteers, and militia, or 
Any person in any officer, warrant or petty officer, musician, seaman, ordi- 
abied*by y woind nar J seainan, flotilla-inan. marine, clerk, landsman, pilot, or 
or disease con- other person in the Xavy or Marine Corps, has been, since 
Hue C of d dutr. sbaii the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, 
sS?asi1Tnef«£ or snan ^ hereafter be. disabled by reason of any wound re- 
after provided, ceived or disease contracted while in the service of the 
United States, and in the line of duty, he shall, upon making 
due proof of the fact according to such forms and regula- 
tions as are or may be provided by or in pursuance of law, 
be placed upon the list of invalid pensions of the United 
States, and be entitled to receive, for the highest rate of 
disability, such pension as is hereinafter provided in such 
cases, and for an inferior disability an amount proportionate 
to the highest disability, to commence as hereinafter pro- 
vided, and continue during the existence of such disability. 
The pension for a total disability for officers, non-commis- 
sioned officers, musicians, and privates employed in the 
military service of the United States, whether regulars, 
volunteers, or militia, and in the Marine Corps, shall be as 
follows, viz : Lieutenant colonel, and all officers of a higher 
rank, thirty dollars per month ; major, twenty-five dollars 
per month ; captain, twenty dollars per month : first lieu- 



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tenant, seventeen dollars per month : second lieutenant. 
fifteen dollars: and non-commissioned officers, musicians, 

and privates, eight dollars per month. The pension for total 
disability for officers, warrant or petty officers, and others For total .un- 
employed in the naval service of the United States, shall be bilitv - 
as follows, viz: Captain, commander, surgeon, paymaster, 
and chief engineer, respectively, ranking with commander Of chief engi- 
by law, lieutenant commanding, and master commanding, neer 
thirty dollars per month : lieutenant, surgeon, paymaster, 
and chief engineer, respectively, ranking with lieutenant by Of chief engi- 
law. and passed assistant surgeon, twenty-five dollars per neer " 
month : professor of mathematics, master, assistant surgeon, 
assistant paymaster, and chaplain, twenty dollars per month: 
first assistant engineers and pilots, fifteen dollars per of first . - 
month: passed midshipman, midshipman, captain's and aut en ~ m ' 
paymaster's clerk, second and third assistant engineer, mas- of second ami 
ter's mate, and all warrant officers, ten dollars per month: engmeeS^petty 
all petty officers, and all other persons before named em-^^J^ 11 
ployed in the naval service, eight dollars per month: aud ot 
all ' commissioned officers of either service shall receive 
such and only such pension as is herein provided for the 
rank in which they hold commissions. 

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That if any officer or 
other person named in the first section of this act has died 
since the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty - 
one. or shall hereafter die. by reason of any wound received 
or disease contracted while in the service of the United 
States, and in the line of duty, his widow, or if there be no Their widows 
widow, his child or children under sixteen years of age. ^^^eS^of 
shall be entitled, to receive the same pension as the husband ap to ' receive 
or father would have been entitled to had he been totally LfertrJe a 
disabled, to commence from the death of the husband or J.^. husband 01 
father, and to continue to the widow during her widowhood. 
or to the child or children until they severally attain to the 
age of sixteen years, and no longer. 

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That vrhere any officer. 
or other person named in the first section of this act. shall 
have died subsequently to the fourth day of March, eighteen 
hundred and sixty-one. or shall hereafter die. by reason of 
any wound received or disease contracted while in the 
service of the United States, and in the line of duty, aud 
has not left or shall not leave a widow nor legitimate child, 
but has left or shall leave a mother who was dependent Amother-when 
upon him for support, in whole or in part, the mother shall p° en J| C n. lve the 
be entitled to receive the same pension as such officer or 
other person would have been entitled to had he been totally 
disabled: Avhieh pension shall commence from the death of 
the officer or other person dying as aforesaid: Prodded. 
lioicever. That if such mother herself shall be in receipt of a 
pension as a widow, in virtue of the provisions of the second 
section of this act. in that case no pension or allowance 
shall be granted to her on account of her son. unless she 
gives up the other r^ension or allowance : And provided, 
further. That the pension given to a mother on account of 
her son shall terminate on her re-marriage : And provided. 
further. That nothing herein shall be so construed as to 



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entitle the mother of an officer or other person dying, as 
aforesaid, to more than one pension at the same time under 
the provisions of this act. 

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That where any officer 

or other person named in the first section of this act shall 

have died subsequently to the fourth day of March, eighteen 

hundred and sixty-one, or shall hereafter die, by reason of 

any wound received or disease contracted while in the 

service of the United States, and in the line of duty, and 

has not left or shall not leave a widow, nor legitimate child, 

orphan sisters nor mother, but has left or may leave an orphan sister or 

peSion Ceive the sis ters under sixteen years of age, who were dependent 

upon him for support, in whole or in part, such sister or 

sisters shall be entitled to receive the same pension as such 

officer or other person would have been entitled to had he 

been totally disabled ;' which pension to said orphan shall 

commence from the death of the officer or other person 

dying as aforesaid, and shall continue to the said orphans 

until they severally arrive at the age of sixteen years, and 

no longer: Provided, however, That nothing herein shall 

be so construed as to entitle said orphans to more than one 

pension at the same time, under the provisions of this act : 

And provided, further, That no moneys shall be paid to the 

widow, or children, or any heirs of any deceased soldier on 

account of bounty, back pay, or pension, who have in any 

The rights of way been engaged in or who have aided or abetted the ex- 

orlMi a Ln\ d o bl is . til] ^ rebellion in the United States; but the right of such 

vested in the ioy- disloyal widow or children, heir or heirs of such soldier, 

ai heir or heirs, ^nbe vested in the loyal heir or heirs of the deceased, if 

any there be. 

Sec. 5. And he it further enacted, That pensions which 
may be granted, in pursuance of the provisions of this act, 
to persons who may have been, or shall be, employed in 
the military or naval service of the United States, shall 
ttme^ of com- commence on the day of the discharge of such persons in 
*all cases in which the application for such provisions [pen- 
sions] is filed within one year after the date of said dis- 
charge; and in cases in which the application is not filed 
during said year, pensions granted to persons employed as 
aforesaid shall commence on the day of the tiling of the 
application. 

ah instructions Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner 
fnmisn™ 8 friof ^ Pensions, on application made to him in person or by 
expense. letter by any claimants or applicants for pension, bounty, or 

other allowance required by law to be adjusted and paid by 
the Pension Office, shall furnish such claimants, free of all 
expense or charge to them, all such printed instructions and 
forms as may be necessary in establishing and obtaining 
said claim; and in case such claim is prosecuted by an agent 
or attorney of such claimant or applicant, on the issue of a 
certificate of pension or the granting of a bounty or allow- 
ance, the Commissioner of Pensions shall forthwith notify 
the applicant or claimant that such certificate has been issued 
or allowance made, and the amount thereof. 

Approved July 14, 1862. 



mencement o f 
pensions 



49 

AN ACT relating to pensions. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
laws granting pensions to the herein after- mentioned relatives 
of deceased persons leaving neither widow uor child entitled 
to pensions under existing laws, shall be so construed as to 
give precedence to such relatives in the following order, 
namely: First, mothers ; secondly, fathers ; thirdly, orphan Order of pre- 
brothers and sisters under sixteen years of age, who shall tfve? 08 ° f rela " 
be pensioned jointly if there be more than one. * * * 

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That no person shall be 
entitled to a pension by reason of wounds received or dis- 
ease contracted in the service of the United States subse- 
quently to the passage of this act unless the person who 
was wounded or contracted disease was in the line of duty; Disability must 
and * * * if in the naval service, was at the time fj ve t ie k ih,?^f 
borne on the books of some ship, or other vessel of the duty. 
United States, at sea or in harbor, actually in commission, 
or was on his way, by direction of competent authority, to 
the United States, or to some other vessel or naval station. 

Sec. 3. * * ■* the failure of any pensioner to if a pension is 
claim his or her pension for a period of three years after tkre? a y™ P rs f the 
the same shall have become due shall be deemed presump- pensioner's name 
tive evidence that such pension has legally terminated by from ^he^rS 
reason of the pensioner's death, remarriage, recovery from subject, &c. 
disability, or otherwise, and the pensioner's name shall be 
stricken from the rolls, subject to the right of restoration to 
the same on a new application, with evidence satisfactorily 
accounting for the failure to claim such pension. 

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any officer, sol- 
dier, seaman, or enlisted man has died since the fourth day 
of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, or shall hereafter 
die, leaving a widow entitled to a pension, and a child or Allowance to 
children under sixteen years of age by a former wife, each sfxteen ik eai5 d of 
of said children shall be entitled to receive two dollars per ag X e eeL 
month, to commence from the death of their father and con- 
tinue until they severally attain the age of sixteen years, 
to be paid to the guardian of such child or children for 
their use and benefit : Provided, however, That in all cases Proviso. 
where such widow is charged with the care, custody, and 
maintenance of such child or children, the said sum of two 
dollars per month for each of said children shall be paid to 
her for and during the time she is, or may have been, so 
charged with the care, custody, and maintenance of such 
child or children, subject to the same conditions, provisions, 
and limitations as if they were her own children by her said, 
deceased husband. 

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where children not to 
an increased pension has been or may hereafter be granted thL^h d they°may 
to any widow or guardian of the children under sixteen be in a charitable 
years of age of a deceased soldier or sailor, # # # institution. 
such widow, or the guardian of such children, shall not be 
deprived of such increase by reason of any child or children 
of such deceased soldier or sailor being the inmate of any 
home, orphan's asylum, or other public or private charitable 
4 E c 



commence. 



50 

institution organized for the care and education of soldiers' 
orphans under the laws of any of the States, or in any school 
or institution where such orphan may in whole or in part be 
maintained or educated at the expense of a State or of the 
public. 
Pensions grant- Sec. 6. And he it further enacted, That all pensions which 
herefn, when to have been granted in consequence of death occurring or 
disease contracted or wounds received since the fourth day 
of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, or which may 
hereafter be granted, shall commence from the discharge or 
from the death of the person on whose account the pension 
Proviso. has been or shall hereafter be granted : Provided, That the 

application for such pension has been or shall hereafter be 
filed with the Commissioner of Pensions within five years 
after the right thereto shall have accrued; except that appli- 
cations by or in behalf of insane persons and children under 
sixteen years of age may be filed after the expiration of the 
said five years, if previously thereto they were without 

guardians or other proper legal representatives. 

#•■#•■"#■" * # 

a widow may Sec. 8. And he it further enacted, * * * * That if any 
pension^ wSch officer, soldier, or seaman shall have died of wounds received 
may he paid to or of disease contracted in the line of duty in the inilitar3 r 
herSSidren? ° or naval service of the United States, leaving a widow and 
a child or children under the age of sixteen years, and it 
shall be duly certified, under seal, by any court having pro- 
bate jurisdiction, that satisfactory evidence has been pro- 
duced before such court that the widow aforesaid has 
abandoned the care of such child or children, or is an unsuit- 
able person, by reason of immoral conduct, to have the 
custody of the same, or on presentation of satisfactory evi- 
dence thereof to the Commissioner of Pensions, then no 
pension shall be allowed to such widow until said child or 
children shall have severally become sixteen years of age, 
any previous enactment to the contrary notwithstanding ; 
and the child or children aforesaid shall be pensioned in the 
same manner as if no widow had survived the said officer, 
soldier, or seaman, and such pension may be paid to the 
regularly authorized guardian of such child or children. 
certain pen- Sec. 9. And he it further enacted, * * * * That if any 
to^th^h^ra a or" person entitled to a pension has died since March four, 
representatives, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, or shall hereafter die while 
an application for such pension is pending, leaving no widow 
and no child under sixteen years of age, his or her heirs or 
legal representatives shall be entitled to receive the accrued 
pension to which the applicant would have been entitled had 

the certificate been issued before his or her death. 

# ' # * # # # 

Approved July 27, 1868, 



AN ACT supplementary to the several acts relating to pensions. 

Be it enacted, &c, * * * * That from and after the 
passage of this act, all persons by law entitled to a less pen- 
sion than hereinafter specified, who, while in the military 



51 

or naval service, and in line of duty, shall have lost the Pension to the 

sight of both eyes, or who shall have lost both hands, or disab\ Y ed bl requS 

been permanently and totally disabled in the same or other- ing constant per- 

wise so permanently and totally disabled as to render t hem 8onalatteildance - 

utterly helpless, or so nearly so as to require the constant 

personal aid and attendance of another person, shall be 

entitled to a pension of twenty-five dollars a month ; and 

all persons who, under like circumstances, shall have lost r T( ? 1 tl | e totally 

both feet, or one hand and one foot, or been totally and per- DO t a requke^con? 

manently disabled in the same, or otherwise so disabled as stunt attendance. 

to be incapacitated for performing any manual labor, but 

not so- much so as to require constant personal aid and 

attention, shall be entitled to a pension of twenty dollars 

per month ; and all persons who, under like circumstances, Pension to 

shall have lost one hand or one foot, or been totally and perma- & M <mI handor 

nently disabled in the same, or otherwise so disabled as to° u e foot. 

render their inability to perform manual labor equivalent to 

the loss of a hand or foot, shall be entitled to a pension of 

fifteen dollars per month. 

Approved June 6, 1866. 



AN ACT relating to pensions. 

Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That section * * Pcnsionstothe 
shall be so construed as to secure to every person entitled totallyblind ' 
by law * * * * to a less pension than twenty-five dollars 
per month, who, while in the military or naval service and 
in the line of duty, or in consequence of wounds received or 
disease contracted therein, having only one eye, shall have 
lost the same, a pension of twenty five dollars per month. 

Approved July 27, 1868. 



AN ACT making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and 
other pensioners of the United States for the fiscal year ending on the 
thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty -five. 

Be it enacted, &c, * * * Provided, That no pension xo pension to a 
shall be hereafter granted to a widow for the same time that J2? Tusbamf™'- 
her husband received one: And provided, also, That no per- ceived one. 
son in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps shall be allowed to 
draw both a pension as an invalid and the pay of his rank Pension a n d 
or station in the service, unless the alleged disability for d?awn° at °same 
which the pension was granted be such as to have occasioned time > exce pt> &c - 
his employment in a lower grade, or in some civil branch of 
the service.* 

Approved April 30, 1844. (Vol. 5, p. 656.) 

*Not to he construed so as to exclude officers, seamen, or marines from 
their pensions when disahled for sea-service : Provided, That the whole 
amount received by the pensioner, including pay for bis service and pen- 
sions, shall not exceed his lowest duty-pay. (Act of August 11, 1848.) 



52 

AN ACT supplementary to the several acts relating to pensions. 

Only one pen- Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this 
cSved at 6 the or any other act shall be so construed as to * * * * 
same time. entitle a person to receive more than one pension at the 
same time, and in every case in which a claim for pension 
Pension on a shall not have been filed within three years after the dis- 
when ec to c c a d n m~ charge or decease of the party on whose account the claim 
mence. j s made, the pension, if allowed, shall commence from the 

date of filing the last paper in said case by the party prose- 
cuting the same. 

Approved <June 6, 1866. 



AN ACT to construe certain acts therein cited in relation to pensions. 

^ ee£f 0I1S t b t ^* e ** enac ^d ty the Senate and House of Representatives oj 
cEanged. ac ° the United States of America in Congress assembled. That 
neither the act of July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and 
sixty- six, entitled "An act increasing the pensions of widows 
and orphans, and for other purposes," nor the act of July 
twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, entitled 
"An act relating to pensions," shall be so construed as to 
increase the amount directed to be paid in any special act 
of Congress granting a pension j nor shall said acts be con- 
strued so as to reduce the same, whenever such act fixes 
definitely the amount of pension to which the person therein 
named shall be entitled, in excess of the rate fixed by gene- 
ral law for the rank in respect to which such special pensions 
may have been or may hereafter be granted. * * * 
Approved July 7, 1870. 



sons 



ARTIFICIAL LIMBS. 

AN ACT supplementary to "An act to provide for furnishing artificial 
limbs to disabled soldiers." 

Rights to arti- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
extended b to per- tne United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
in the navy, benefits of the act approved June seventeenth, eighteen 
hundred and seventy, entitled "An act to provide for fur- 
nishing artificial limbs to disabled soldiers," shall be extended 
to all officers, soldiers, seamen, and marines disabled in the 
military or naval service of the United States as fully as 
the same are provided for in the acts approved July six- 
teenth, eighteen hundred and sixty -two, July twenty-eighth, 
eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and July twenty-seventh, 
eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, in so far as the said acts 
relate to artificial limbs and to transportation for procuring 
said limbs. 
Approved June 30, 1870. 



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[Extract from the act referred to in the foregoing act.] 

AN ACT to provide for furnishing artificial limbs to disabled soldiers. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 
every soldier who was disabled during the late war for the 
suppression of the rebellion, and who was furnished by the 
War Department with an artificial limb, or apparatus for 
resection, shall be entitled to receive a new limb or appara- 
tus as soon after the passage of this act as the same can be 
practically [practicably] furnished, and at the expiration of 
every^five years thereafter, under such regulations as may 
be prescribed by the Surgeon General of the Army : Provided, 
That the soldier may, if he so elect, receive, instead of said The money vai- 
limb or apparatus, the money value thereof, at the follow- mayb^receimi 8 
ing rates, viz : For artificial legs, seventy-five dollars ; for 
arms, fifty dollars ; for feet, fifty dollars ; for apparatus for 
resection, fifty dollars. 

^ • «zr ^n* flr w w 

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That every soldier who commutation 
lost a limb during the late war, but from the nature of his J^^anSot^be 
injury was not able to use an artificial limb, and conse-used. 
quently received none from the Government, shall be 
entitled to the benefits of this act and shall receive money 
commutation as hereinbefore provided. 

Approved June 17, 1870. 



GENERAL ORDER. 

Navy Department, 

March 2, 1861. 
Whenever any officer of the corps of surgeons, paymaster, Courts to try a 

. * . , n , • i , /. & ', L n • • ' staff officer to con- 

Or engineers is arraigned for trial before a court of inquiry sis tm par t of om- 

or court-martial, the court shall consist, in part, of officers cers of his corps. 

of the corps to which the accused belongs. 

ISAAC TOITCEY, 

Secretary of the Navy. 



THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE. 

AN ACT to prevent officers of the Army and Navy, and other persons 
engaged in the military and naval service of the United States, from 
interfering in elections in the States. 

Be it enacted &c, # # # Provided, That nothing officers, soi- 
herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent any mar?Ael a may 8 'ex- 
officers, soldiers, sailors, or marines from exercising the erase the right of 
right of suffrage in any election district to which he may suflraga 
belong, if otherwise qualified, according to the laws of the 
State in which he shall offer to vote. 

Approved February 25, 1865. (Vol. 13, p. 437.) ' 



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BEIBEEY. 

AN ACT to prevent members of Congress and officers of the Govern- 
ment of the United States from taking consideration for procuring 
contracts, office, or place from the United States, and for other pur- 
poses. 

Members of Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of 
Government offi- the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 
eers not to re-* * * any officer* of tli e Government of the United 
ation forprocS- States who shall, directly or indirectly, take, receive, or agree 
ing contracts, &c f receive, any money, property, or other valuable consider- 
ation whatsoever, from any person or persons for procuring, 
or aiding to procure, any contract, office, or place from the 
Government of the United States or any department thereof, 
or from any officer of the United States, for any person or 
persons whatsoever, or for giving any such contract, office, 
or place to any person whomsoever, and the person or per- 
Persons forbid- sons who shall directly.or indirectly offer or agree to give, 
considerations. 011 or give, or bestow, any money, property, or other valuable 
consideration whatsoever, for the procuring or aiding to 
procure any contract, office, or place, as aforesaid, * * # 
shall, for every such offense, be liable to indictment as for a 
misdemeanor in any court of the United States having juris- 
diction thereof, and on conviction thereof shall pay a fine of 
Mne and im- no t exceeding ten thousand dollars, and suffer imprisonment 

pnsonment on . , t ., ° ,. , -,. ' ,\, . • -,, 

conviction there- m the penitentiary not exceeding two years, at the discre- 

of - tion of the court trying the same ; and any such contract or 

agreement, as aforesaid, may, at the option of the President 

Contract may f the United States, be absolutely null and void ; and any 

and void! 16 * * * officer of the United States convicted, as afore- 

DisquaMcation said, shall, moreover, be disqualified from holding any office 

for office. f honor, profit, or trust under the Government of the United 

States 

Approved July 16, 1862. (Vol. 12, p. 577.) 



HOSPITAL FUND, MEDICINES, &o. 

AN ACT in addition to "An act for the relief of sick and disahled 

seamen." 

Twenty cents a Sec. 2. * * .* The Secretary of the Navy shall be, 

SStedftom i e " an( * be hereby is, authorized and directed to deduct, after 

of the Nav™ pay the first day of September next, from the pay thereafter to 

become due, of the officers, seamen, and marines of the 

Navy of the United States, at the rate of twenty cents per 

month, for every such officer, seamen, and marine,tf 

# # # # ' # # 

* The provisions of this act shall he so construed as to emhrace any 
agent of the Government of the United States. — (Act of February 25, 
1863, vol. 12, p. 696.) 

t "Each officer, warrant officer, petty officer, seaman, ordinary seaman, 
fireman, and coal-heaver, in the Navy." (Statutes relative to the United 
States Navy, 1869, pp. 42 and 43.) 

tBy the 11th section of the act for the better government of the 
Navy, approved July 17, 1862, all money accruing or already accrued 



to be applied to tlie same purposes as the money collected 
by virtue of the above-mentioned act is appropriated. 

Approved March 2, 1799. (Statutes at Large, vol. 1, p. 

729.) 



AN ACT establishing Navy hospitals. 

Sec. 2. That all fines imposed on Navy officers, seamen, Fines imposed 
and marines, shall be paid to * * Navy hospitals. hospitals 

Seo. 5. That, when any Navy officer, seaman, or marine ? isp08 * ti '? n ° f 

-!•-!• -VT- -I • -i i • • • tii rations and pen- 

shall be admitted into a Navy hospital, the institution shall sions to those ad- 
be allowed one ration per day during his continuance hospital™ 10 * hG 
therein, to be deducted from the account of the United 
States with such officer, seaman, or marine; and in like 
manner, when any officer, seaman, or marine entitled to a 
pension shall be admitted into a Navy hospital, such pen- 
sion, during his continuance therein, shall be paid to * * 
Navy hospitals, and deducted from the account of such pen- 
sioner. 
Approved February 26, 1811. (Vol. 2, p. 650.) 

That the rations of persons in the Navy sent to hospitals 
on shore shall be credited to the hospital fund. (See p. 42.) 



AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service for the year end- 
ing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other 
purposes. 

Sec. 17. And be if further enacted, That expenses incurred Expenses for 
by any officer of the Navy for medicines and medical at- ™^J3 es attend 
tendance shall not be allowed unless they were incurred ance when off 
when he was on duty, and the medicines could not have uty ' 
been obtained from naval supplies, or the attendance of a 
naval medical officer could not have been had. 

Approved July 15, 1870. 

to the United States from the sale of prizes is to remain forever a fund 
for the payment of pensions to the officers, seamen, and marines who 
may be entitled to receive the same ; and by resolution of July 1, 1864, 
the Secretary of the Navy, as trustee of the naval j)ension fund, is 
authorized and directed to invest it in registered securities of the 
United States, &c. 



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HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE. 

AN ACT to organize an institution for the insane of the Army and 
Navy, and of the District of Columbia, in the said District. 

objects of the Be it enacted, That the title of the institution shall be the 

in sine al f ° r the Government Hospital for the Insane, and its object shall be 

the most humane care and enlightened curative treatment 

of the insane of the Army and Navy of the United States, 

and of the District of Columbia. 

Approved March 3, 1855. (Vol. 10, p. 682.) 



AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to organize an institution 
for the insane of the Army and Navy, and of the District of Columbia, 
in the said District." 

###### 

Admission of Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the order of the 

&c. ai intooivS Secretary of War, and that of the Secretary of the Navy, 

ment asylum. an( j t h at f t ^ e Secretary of the Treasury, shall authorize 

the superintendent to receive insane persons belonging to 

the Army and Navy and revenue-cutter service, respectively, 

and keep them in custody until they are cured or removed 

by the same authority which ordered their reception. 

Approved June 1, I860. (Vol. 12, p. 23.) 



AN ACT making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Gov- 
ernment for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred 
and sixty-five, and for other purposes. 

Government Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in s S ane al f ° r the °f ^ lG United States of America in Congress assembled, 

That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and 

required to set apart from the pay of any officer of the 

Navy, or of the Marine Corps, who may be under treatment 

by his order in the Government Hospital for the Insane, 

Portion of pay such a portion of the monthly pay of said officer as may be 

se/Se forthelr liee ded f° r h* s personal use and comfort in addition to the 

comfort ° ' ordinary resources of that establishment. 

# # * # * ' * 

Approved July 2, 1864. (Yol. 13, p. 344.) 



FURLOUGH AND SICK LEAVE. 

AN ACT to increase and regulate the pay of the Navy of the United 

States. 

^F tp ^r tt "¥r t? 

Eight to fur- Sec 4. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act 

lough officers, contained shall be held to modify or affect the existing 

power of the Secretary of the Navy to furlough officers or 

to affect the furlough pay. 

=& # * # # # 

Approved June 1, 1860. (Vol. 12, p. 23.) 
For furlough pay, see page 40. 



57 

AN ACT supplementary to the several acts relating to pensions. 

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That officers absent on in the matter 
sick leave, and enlisted men absent on sick furlough, shall be feaye^rSiough 
regarded in the administration of the pension laws in the to bo consider^] 

• r» t •■* x* i l 1 *j_t *^ S1CK116SS OH *XC" 

same manner as it they were iu the held or hospital. uveduty. 

# # # # * * 

Approved June 6, 1S6G. 



RESERVED AND EETIRED OFFICERS. 

AN ACT to further promote the efficiency of the Navy. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of officers home 

on the ™ 

years 
of ag 
tired. 



the United States of America in Congress assembled, That °f tl 



./ears, or 62 years 

whenever the name of any naval officer* now in the service, jjjjf 9 ' t0 b6re 

or who may hereafter be in the service of the United States, 

shall have been born on the Naval Register forty-live years, 

or shall be of the age of sixty-two years, he shall be retired 

from active service, and his name entered on the retired list 

of officers of the grade to which he belonged at the time of 

such retirement.! 

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President °f£^^ ti f*$ 
the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to assign officers r to shore 
any officer who may be retired under the preceding section 
of this act to shore duty; and such officer thus assigned 
shall receive the full shore pay of his grade while so em- 
ployed. 

Approved December 21, 1861. (Vol. 12, p. 329.) 



duty. 



AN ACT providing for the better organization of the military establish- 
ment. 



Sec. 22. And be it further enacted, That if any officer of Retirement of 
the Navy shall have become, or shall hereafter become, inca- focapabieofficers. 
pable of performing the duties of his office, he shall be 
placed upon the retired list and withdrawn from active ser- 
vice and command and from the line of promotion. 

The next officer in rank shall be promoted to the place of Promotions to 
the retired officer, according to the established rules of theSSSfyf 8 causec 
service. And the same rule of promotion shall be applied 
successively to the vacancies consequent upon the retire- 
ment of an officer. 

Sec. 23. And be it further enacted, That whenever any Board to decide 
officer of the Navy, on being ordered to perform the duties Savy^Er? °* 
appropriate to his commission, shall report himself unable 
to comply with such order, or whenever, in the judgment of 
the President of the United States, an officer of the Navy 
shall be in any way incapacitated from performing the 



58 

duties of his office, the President, at his discretion, shall 
direct the Secretary of the Navy to refer the case of such 
officer to a board of not more than nine, and not less than 
five, commissioned officers, two-fifths of whom shall be 
members of the medical bureau of the Navy; the board, 
How composed,- except those taken from the medical bureau, to be composed, 
if possible, (as far as may be,) of his seniors in rank. The 
determination of the board in each case shall, with a record 
of- its proceedings, be transmitted to the Secretary of the 
Navy, to be laid before the President for his approval or dis- 
approval, and orders in the case. The board, whenever it 
Report, finds an officer incapacitated for active service, will report 

whether, in its judgment, the incapacity result from long 
and faithful service, from wounds or injury received in the 
line of duty, from sickness or exposure therein, or from any 
other incident of service; if so, and the President approve 
Effect of deds- of such judgment, the disabled officer shall thereupon be 

ployed. en a p placed upon the list of retired officers, according to the pro- 
visions of this act. But if such disability or incompetency 
proceeded from other causes, and the President concur in 
opinion with the board, the officer may be retired upon fur- 
lough pay, or he shall be wholly retired from the service, 
with one year's pay, at the discretion of the President; and 
in this last case his name shall be wholly omitted from the 
Navy Eegister. The members of the board shall, in every 
Members to be case, be sworn to an honest and impartial discharge ol their 

sworn. duties, and no officer of the Navy shall be retired, either 

partially or wholly, from the service without having had a 

heard cer8maybe ^ a ^ r an( * ^ u ^ hearittg before the board, if he shall demand it. 

Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That the retired officers 

Privileges ami sh all be entitled to wear the uniform of their respective 

tiredofficer? re ~ grades, shall continue to be borne upon the Navy Register, 
shall be subject to the rules and articles governing the Navy, 
and to trial by general court-martial. 

Approved August 3, 1861. (Vol. 12, p. 287.) 



AN ACT to amend certain acts in relation to the Navy. 

Retired and re- s^c. 9. And be it further enacted, That officers on the 
tmlftfpromo: retired and reserved lists of the Navy shall be entitled to 
tion - promotion as their several dates upon the active list are 

But not to pay promoted ; but such promotion shall not entitle them to any 
beyond, &c. ^^ ^ eyon( j t j iat to w hi(ih they were entitled when retired, 

To receive full unless upon active duty, when they shall receive the full 
pay upon active p ay f their respective grades. # # # * 

' u y * Approved March 2, 1867. 

For the pay of retired officers not on active duty, see 
p. 40. 
That no ration is granted to retired officers, see p. 42. 



.AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service for the year end 
insr June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seven 



purposes. 



59 

enty-one, and for other 



Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That no officer of the No officer to be 
Navy shall, because of misconduct, be placed on the retired conduct, ° r lms " 
list; but he shall be brought to trial by court-martial for 
such misconduct; nor shall any lieutenant commander, lieu- 
tenant, master, ensign, midshipman, passed assistant sur- Junior officers 
geon, passed assistant paymaster, first assistant engineer, for^abmty? nly 
assistant surgeon, assistant paymaster, or second assistant 
engineer be placed on the retired list, except on account of 
physical or mental disability. 



Approved July 15, 1870. 



AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service for the year end- 
ing June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for other 
purposes. 

TT -fr t? * w t£ 

Sec. 11. That officers of the medical, pay, and engineer Bank of staff 
corps, chaplains and professors of mathematics, and also lengtho? service 
constructors, who shall have served faithfully for forty-five or a s e - 
years, shall, when retired, have the relative rank of com- 
modore; and officers of these several corps who have been 
or shall be retired at the age of sixty-two years, before hav- 
ing served for forty-five years, but who shall have served 
faithfully until retired, on the completion of forty years 
from their entry into the service, shall also from that time 
have the relative rank of commodore; and staff officers 
who have been or shall be retired for causes incident to the 
service before arriving at sixty- two years of age shall have 
the same rank on the retired list as pertained to their posi- 
tion on the active list: Provided, hoivever, That nothing 
contained in this section shall be construed to increase the 
pay now provided for said several staff officers. 

Sec. 12. * * * Officers of the staff now on the retired 
list shall have the rank thereon to which they would have 
been entitled had they remained on the active list, unless 
they shall be entitled to higher rank. * * * * 

Approved March 3. 1871. 



DISMISSAL. 



AN ACT making appropriations for the support of the Army for the 
year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and 
for other purposes. 

Sec. 5. # . * * And no officer in the * * na- Dismissal only 
val service, shall, in time of peace, be dismissed from the JJhStoSfootu? 
service except upon and in pursuance of the sentence of martial, &c. 
a court-martial to that effect, or in commutation thereof. 

Approved July 13, 1866. 



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AN ACT to establish and equalize the grades of line officers of the 
United States Navy. 

a dismissed Nor shall any officer of the Navy who has been dismissed 
fied e from 18 again by sentence of a court- martial, or suffered to resign to 
becoming an offi- escape one, ever again become an officer of the Navy. 

Approved July 16, 1862. (Vol. 12, p. 583.) 



DISCHABGE. 



AN ACT to provide for granting an honorable discharge to coal-heavers 
and firemen in the naval service. 

Honorable dis- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
nS^Ld coal- ^ ie United States of America in Congress assembled, That 
heavers. honorable discharges may be granted to coal-heavers and 

firemen in the naval service of the United States in the same 
manner and subject to the same conditions as such dis- 
charges are now granted to seamen, ordinary seamen, lands- 
men and boys.* 

Approved June 7, 1864. (Vol. 13, p. 120.) 



AN ACT to provide a more efficient discipline for the Navy. 

Honorable dis- Be ^ enacted &c, That from and after the passage of this 
charges to sea- act, it shall be the duty of every commanding officer of any 
menas f atesiimo- of tne vesse ] s f foe Navy, on returning from a cruise, to 
and obedience, forward, immediately on his arrival in port, to the Secretary 
of the Navy, a list of the names of such of the crewf who 
enlisted for three years, as, in his opinion, on being dis- 
charged, are entitled to an "honorable discharge," as a tes- 
timonial of fidelity and obedience; and that he shall grant 
the same to such, according to the form to be prescribed by 
the Secretary of the Navy. 
ii tment ^ BC * ^' ^ n ^ ^ e it further enacted, That if any seaman, or- 
under 6 ^ 1 braw a 8 diuary seaman, landsman, or boy, shall re-enlist for three 
bie discharge, years, within three months after his discharge, he shall, on 
presenting his honorable discharge, or on accounting in a 
satisfactory manner for its loss, be entitled to pay during 
the said three months, equal to that to which he would have 
been entitled if he had been employed in actual service. 

Approved March 2, 1855. 

* Portion of the act referred to above. 



61 



FUNERAL EXPENSES. 



AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service for the year end- 
ing Jane thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other 
purposes. 



Sec. 17. * 



Nor shall any funeral expenses of No allowance 



a naval officer who died in the United States, or expenses penae^fncurred 
for travel to attend the funeral of an officer who died there, *° tnc United 
be allowed ; but when an officer on duty dies in a foreign a t „ s ' . 
country, the expenses of his funeral, not exceeding bis sea- tries one Son°th°s 
pay for one month, shall be defrayed by the Government, sea-pay allowed. 
and paid by the paymaster upon whose books the name of 
such officer was borne for pay. 



Approved July 15, 1870. 



List of engineers who have resigned from the Navy since the organization of 
the corps, August, 1842. 



Chiefs, 15. 



Samuel Archbold,* March 18, 1861. 
Alexander Birkbeck, Dee. 23, 1847. 
B. Ed me Chassaing, Feb. 12, 1867. 
William E. Everett, Nov. 30, 1859. 
John Faron, April 3, 1848. 
Joshua Follansbee, May 1, 1865. 
Jesse Gay, Oct. 22, 1859. 
John A. Grier, Nov. 15, 1865 



Robert H. Long. Oct. 31, 1863. 
Dauiel B. Martin,* Nov. 22, 1859. 
William Roberts, March 18, 1869. 
William Sewell, Nov. 10, 1853. 
Alban C. Stimers, Aug. 3, 1865. 
Charles B. Stuart,* June 30, 1853. 
G. B. N. Tower, Sept. 29, 1865. 



Engineer-in-chief, 



First Assistants, 



James M. Adams, Aug. 2, 1862. 
George W. Alexander, April 5, 1861. 
James Atkins, Aug. 1, 1865. 
George J. Barry,* "March 16, 1869. 
L. S. Bartholomew, April 20, 1847. 
Emory J. Brooks, Dec. 7, 1868. 
Henrv Brown, March 3, 1869. 
S. Wilkinst>agg, April 11, 1870. 
Francis Cronin, Nov. 10, 1865. 
Thomas S. Cunningham, Nov. 16, 1866. 
Nailor C. Davis, Oct, 29, 1859. 
Thomas M. Dukehart, March 9, 1871. 
E. A. C. Du Plaine, May 14, 1867. 
Edward Faron, June 1, 1849. 
A. H. Fisher, Sept. 26, 1870. 
Reuben H. Fitch, April 19, 1869. 
C. Wright Geddes, Sept. 5, 1855. 
Levi B. Green, Aug. 2, 1869. 
David M. Greene, Sept. 16, 1869. 
William K. Hall, Feb. 15, 1853. 
John T. Hawkins, Jan. 18, 1869. 
William W. Hopper, Nov. 22, 1866. 
James B. Houston, July 28, 1865. 
Jameson Cox Hull, Jan. 15, 1866. 
Thomas Kilpatrick, Aug. 22, 1853. 
Charlton B. Kid, Dec. 20, 1867. 
John L. Lav, May 22, 1865. 
Oscar C. Lewis, Sept. 28, 1868. 
Orleans Longacre, June 6, 1866. 
Francis J. Lovering, June 26, 1865. 



E(hvard Mars, Feb. 11, 1862. 
Edward Marsland, June 4, 1864. 
Henry Mason,* Nov. 14, 1853. 
John K. Matthews, May 17, 1849. 
Samuel Matthews, Julv 18, 1849. 
John M. Maury, Nov. 22, 1856. 
Alexander McAusland, May 24, 1850. 
Henry C. Mcllvaine, June 21, 1869. 
Horace McMurtrie, Nov. 28, 1865. 
William H. Messinger, June 16, 1865. 
William J. Montgomery, Oct. 25, 1869. 
William Musgrave, Sept, 12, 1865. 
Isaac Newton, Feb. 8, 1H65. 
William D. Pendleton, Jan. 4, 1866. 
James Renshaw, May 14, 1867. 
William Roberts,* Aug. 24, 1859. 
Henrv W. Robie, May 25, 1868. 
Hiram Sauford, Nov. 5, 1849. 
Samuel F. Savage, Jan. 13, 1865. 
William C. Selden, Oct. 19, 1868. 
Francis G. Smith, July 28, 1869. 
Henrv W. Spooner, May 23, 1859. 
Robert S. Talbot, Oct. 24, 1868. 
Zephaniah Talbot, Dec. 16, 1H65. 
John D. Van Buren, Sept. 22, 1868. 
Henry C. Victor, Dec. 16, 1863. 
Philip R. Voorhees, Feb. 18, 1868. 
Edward A. Whipple, Feb. 20, 1854. 
William C. Williamson, Jan. 10, 1866. 
James G. Young, Nov. 14, 1855. 



Reinstated. 



62 



Second Assistants, 146. 



Francis B. Allen, Feb. 18, 1868. 

Theodore Allen. June 13, 1865. 

Oscar W. Allison, Dec. 8, 1869. 

John H. Ames, Sept, 30, 1865. 

Francis M. Ashton, Jan. 4, 1871. 

William H. Badlam, March 10, 1866. 

Charles H. Ball, Aug. 31, 1865. 

William M. Barr. April 1(5, 1866. 

George J. Barry,* Dec. 14, 1*59. 

Frederick W. Bissett, Oct. 22, 1867, 

Edward S. Boynton, Nov. 7, 1863. 

Theodore C. Brecht, Jan. 18, 1885. 

E. Marshall Breese, March 2, 1868. 

Jacob L. Bright, Oct. 18, 1870. 

Amos Broad nix, Feb. 14. 1856. 

Samnel R, Brooks, Dec. 13, 1*65. 

Nathan W. Buckhout, June 29, 1865. 

Richard H. Buel, July 8, 1867. 

Henry W. Bulkley, Oct. 14, 1865. 

Benjamin Bunce, July 17, 1865. 

Charles M. Burchard; July 26, 1865. 

Harvey H. Burritt, Sept. 22, 1865. 

Ten Eyck Byles, Oct. 25, 1858. 

Albert B. Campbell, May 5, 1863. 

Loudon Campbell, May 6, 1861. 

Newton Champion, Sept. 22, 1863. 

Edward Cheney, March 31, 1869. 

William S. Cherry, Oct. 25, 1867. 

Charles A. Chipley, April 9, 1862. 

William J. Clark, Dec. 1, 1865. 

Alfred Colin, Nov. 27, 1865. 

Charles J. Coney, Oct. 2, 1866. 

Gilbert C. Cook, July 22, 1865. 

James G. Cooper, Dec. 19, 1865. 

William H. Crawford, April 6, 1868. 

John C. Cross, June 21, 1865. 

Wayland Cuthbert, Aug. 22, 1864. 

T. J. McK. Daniels, March 9, 1885. 

Isaac De Graff, Aug. 23, 1866. 

William H. De Hart, Nov. 5, 1869. 

Herman A.vDelius, June 22, 1865. 
Richard D. Dodge, June 1, 1868. 
William A. Dripps, Jan. 29, 1867. 
Philip G. Eastwick, Aug. 5, 1865. 
Robert N. Ellis, Oct. 15, 1867. 

Charles E. Emery, Dec. 26, 1867. 
John Everding, June 19, 1865. 
James E. Fallon, May 21, 1866. 
Henry Fauth, Aug. 29, 1856. 
Frank H. Fletcher, Feb. 11, 1869. 
Wilbur F. Fort, June 20, 1865. 
John Franklin, June 26, 1865. 
William Frick, jr., April 12, 1862. 
Albert K. Fulton, April 25, 1864. 
John Gallagher, Feb. 17, 1847. 
Charles W. Geddes, Aug. 31, 1859. 
Charles L. Greatrake, Oct. 25, 1847. 
H. P. Gregory, April 27. 1885. 
Levi Griffin, Nov. 2, 1847. 
Thomas J. Griffin, April 6, 1863. , 
Franklin K. Haine, Jan. 24, 1863. 
George W. Hall,* Nov. 16, 1866. 
Alfred Hedrick, Aug. 9, 1885. 
Edward L. Hewitt, Nov. 2, 1886. 
James M. Hobby,* June 21, 1855. 
Richard M. Hodgson, Dec. 21, 1868. 
Charles F. Holliugs worth, Nov. 18, 1865. 
Henry Holmes, Sept. 11, 1865. 
George R. Holt, May 4, 1869. 



Andrew P. How, Aug. 7, 1849. 

Jameson C. Hull,* Sept. 22, 1856. 

James W. Hutchinson, April 6, 1865. 

John W. Huxley, June 16, 1*65. 

George C. Irelan, Nov. 10, 1865. 

Albert Jackson, Sept. 23, 1865. 

Owen Jones, Dec. 22, 1866. 

James T. Kelcher, March 17, 1868. 

William H. Kilpatrick, Feb. 9, 1866. 

Glendy King, Sept. 7, 1858. 

Myron H. Knapp, July 8, 1867. 

Thomas La Blanc, Sept. 28, 1867. 

Webster Lane, March 22, 1867. 

Philip J. Langer, April 28, 1870. 

William A. R. Latimer,* May 31. 1858. 

William A. R. Latimer, Aug. 26, 1862. 

John C. E. Lawreuce, June 23, 1856. 

E. D. Leavitt, May 25, 1867. 

Edmund Lincoln, Feb. 4, 186H. 

George D. Lining, April 18, 1861. 

James Long, April 17, 1865. 

Thomas Lynch, June 21, 1869. 

Daniel T Mapes, June 21, 1855. 

Mason W. Mather, March 3, 1869. 

James Maughlin, Aug. 11, 1865. 

C. Stewart Maurice, Dec. 21, 1865. 

William D. Mcllvaine, Oct, 13, 1865. 

S. Calvin McLanahan, June 21, 1869. 

Hillary Messiner, Aug. 7, 1838. 

Abram Michener, Sept. 25, 1865. 

Frederick L. Miller, May 28, 1868. 

William C. Monroe, March 1, 1871. 

Joseph Morgan, Jan 5, 1866. 

Daniel Murphy, Nov. 25, 1848. 

Munroe Murphy, Dec. 6, 1885. 

John E. Neil, Nov. 23, 1865. 

James J. Noble, March 3, 1866. 

Isaac R, Oakford, Oct, 13, 1865. 

Albert S. Palmer, July 15, 1848. 

John W. Parkes, May 21, 1853. 

Isaiah Paxou, Nov. 18, 1865. 
James H. Perry, April 12, 1866. 

Henry W. Phillips, July 28, 1869. 

M. H* Plunkett, Mav 9, 1865. 
William F. Pratt, July 29, 1865. 
Franklin C. Prindle, Sept, 11, 1865. 
Henry M. Quig, Nov. 26, 1869. 
Richard B. Qnin, Aug. 26, 1856. 
Frederick T. H. Ramsden, April 14, 1869. 
William J. Reid, Jan. 29, 1*67. 
George H. Riley, Oct. 17, 1865. 
Edward E. Roberts, June 19, 1865. 
George W. Rogers, June 23, 1865. 
Augustine Sackett, Aug. 24, 1865. 
Guy Samson, April 2, 1869. 
Georoe F. Sawyer, Oct, 12, 1868. 
JohuK. Smedley, March 13, 1866. 
Henry A. Smith, July 28, 1866. 
Francis D. Stedman, Oct, 6, 1866. 
Thomas A. Stephens, Sept. 6, 1853. 
Johu C. Stevens, Oct. 25, 1866. 
Charles H. Stone, June 10, 1865. 
Lucien Sullivan, April 5, 1866. 
Mark T. Sunstrom, Nov. 10, 1865. 
Mosker A. Sutherland, Oct, 15, 1867. 
William Taggert, May 12, 1849. 
P. Henry Taylor, Sept. 10, 1856. 
George W. Thome, Nov. 5, 1883. 
William W. Vanderbilt, Oct. 30, 1865. 



Keinstated. 



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Charles M. Van Tine, Jan. 4, 1866. 
Edward D. Weems, Sept. 6, 1867. 
Robert Weir, June 19, 1865. 
William S. Wells. Oct. 12, 1870. 
Philip H. White, April 27, 1865. 



John Wilson, May 19, 1866. 
Horace E. Winsor, Aug. 20, 1856. 
James D. Wright, Oct, 16, 1861. 
Robert A. Wright, Oct. 16, 1865. 



Third Assistants, 125. 



J. D. Alexander, Aug. 25, 1847. 
Edward R. Archer, Nov. 3, 1860. 
Edward R. Arnold, April 13, 1864. 
LeRov Arnold, Feb. 18, 1856. 
George J. Barry, * Nov. 16, 1858. 
James A. Barton, March 5, 1863. 
Everett Battelle, July 25, 1864. 
William S. Beau, Oct. 23, 1847. 
Lemuel Bernard, March 21, 1866. 
Peter C. Bogardus, Feb. 6, 1852. 
William Bond, May 25, 1867. 
Edward S. Boynton,* Oct, 15, 1360. 
Charles D. Bray, March 18, 1869. 
Frederick E. Brown, Oct. 24, 1859. 
Samuel P. Budd, Aug. 10, 1867. 
Lafayette Caldwell, June 12, 1849. 
Francis A. Canfield, April 30, 1856. 
George W. Carrick, Nov. 18, 1865. 
Thomas Chase, Nov. 13, 1865. 
Charles A. Chipley,* April 28, 1860. 
Conrad J. Cooper, July 18, 1862. 
John E. Cooper, May 14, 1863. 
Robert A. Copeland, Aug. 1, 1859. 
Sebastian Crolins, Aug. 13, 1862. 
Thomas Crummey, Sept. 5, 1866. 
Edward Curtis, Feb. 11, 1863. 
Charles B. Dahlgren, Dec, 15, 1862. 
Willis Davis, Nov. 4, 1850. 
George E. De Luce, Feb. 28, 1853. 
Jay Dinsmore, May 28, 1864. 
George W. W. Dove, Aug. 10, 1863. 
Frederick Eckel, Sept., 1863. 
William R. Eckart, May 2, 1864. 
Daniel B. Egbert, Jan. 21, 1865. 
Clarence A. Evans, Sept. 4, 1865. 
Wesley Fenimore, Oct. 12, 1865. 
Samuel Fiske, June 12, 1858. 
Cornelius A. Forbes, Nov. 5, 1847. 
Joseph M. Freeman, Oct. 8, 1853. 
William II. Fuller, Nov. 16, 1861. 
George William Geddes, March 9, 1864, 
F. A. R. George, Aug. 13, 1H62. 
Isaac I. Griffiths, Feb. 20, 1863. 
Franklin K. Hain,* Aug. 9, 1858. 
Hiram Haines, July 25, 1854. 
Francis P. Hallowell, Nov. 12, 1867. 
Richard E. Halsey, Oct. 30, 1863. 
Robert F. Hatfield, July 18, 1862. 
Henry D. Heiser, April 22, 1865. 
George P. Houston, Jan. 28, 1860. 
John Howell, May 3, 1856. 
Charles Sedgwick Hunt, June 9, 1863. 
Henry C. Jewell, Jan. 11, 1854. 
Benjamin Kavanaugh,* Dec. 21, 1861. 
Henry H. Kimball, June 29, 1869. 
Ingersoll F. Knowlton, March 17, 1865. 
Lewis C. F. Laesch, May 24, 1864. 
Henry R. Lawrence,* Nov. 9, 1861. 
Henry R. Lawrence, March 21, 1863. 
Nelson H. Lawton, April 25, 1865. 
Columbus W. Lee, June 2, 1855. 
James D. Lee, Nov. 10, 1866. 
J. Henry Lewars, June 29, 1868. 



Cleland Lindsley, Aug. 30, 1856. 
John H. Long,* Nov. 5, 1850. 
Henry F. Loveaire, Oct, 26, 1868. 
William Luce, May 29, 1347. 
George W. Magee,* April 7, 1863. 
Charles H. Hanson, Nov. 25, 1853. 
Charles F. Marsland, Sept, 6, 1865. 
Henry McConuell, Feb. 6, 1868. 
Samuel McElroy, July 20, 1852. 
Sylvanus Mclutyre, June 19, 1865. 
John E. McKay, July 7, i860. 
John D. Mercer, July 8, 1856. 
Joseph Mercer, May 1, 1862. 
William W. Miller, Aug. 5, 1831. 
Augustus Mitchell,* May 1, 1862. 
John C. Mitchell,* April 28, 1853. 
John C. Mitchell, Nov. 16, 1854. 
T. M. Mitchell, Dec. 6, 1862. 
Cyrus R. Morgan, April 2, 1864. 
Charles R. Mosher, March 3, 1866. 
Jacob M. Murray, May 13, 1865. 
Augustus F. Nagle, May 3, 1865. 
Henry B Nones,* Aug. 19, 1856. 
Frank W. Nyman, April 21, 1864. 

L. L. Olmsted, Sept, 22, 1862. 

Cornelius T. Parke, May 31, 1854. 

George Paul, Sept. 9, 1865. 

John B. Peck, June 7, 1869. 

Gustavus A. Pfeltz, June 25, 1866. 

William L. Phillips, July 6, 1860. 

Granville Toucey Pierce, Aug. 8, 1857, 

Boaz E. Pike, April 6, 1864. 

John L. Plumly, Aug. 29, 1860. 

James Plunkett, Feb. 6, 1861. 

G. M. Plympton, Dec. 19, 1854. 

William A. Powers, March 3, 1866. 

Erastus P. Rank, March 9, 1865. 

W. C. F. Reichenbach, Nov. 27, 1866. 

Peter C. Reillv, Oct. 20, 1863. 

Z K. Rind, Nov. 10, 1858. 

Alexander H. Roane, Feb. 11, 1850. 

William W. Shipmau, Feb. 27, 1862. 

Samuel O. Shorey, June 3, 1854. 

Theron Skeel, Nov. 12, 1870. 

Thaddeus S. Smith, July 8, 1862. 

William C. Starr, May 28, 1862. 

Robert S. Stedman, April 5, 1865. 

John Stell, Sept. 18, 1863. 

George W. Tenuent, Feb. 6, 1861. 

M. M. Thompson, Aug. 25, 1847. 

Smith Thompson, Jan. 13, 1846. 

James H. Toombs, April 24, 1861. 

Frank H. Townsend, April 12, 1866. 

Francis N. Trevor, June 26, 1869. 

James Wallace, Aug. 8, 1859. 

Jesse F. Walton, March 31, 1865. 

Robert L. Wamaling, Nov. 17, 1865. 

Charles K. Warner, Oct. 11, 1866. 

Joseph H. Warrington, Feb. 1, 1860. 

George H. White, Oct. 14, 1859. 

G. W. Wilkinson, Sept. 22, 1863. 

William W. Willett, March 6, 1857. 

George R. Woodend, April 20, 1857. 
Reinstated. 



64 

Engineers who have died in the service. 
Chiefs, 12. 

William H. Cushman, November 2, 1865, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
John Faron, August 5, 1864, lost on the Tecumseh, Mobile Bay. 
George Gideon, June 16, 1863, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
Alexander Greer, September 10, 1867, on board the Tuscarora, South Pacific. 
Andrew Hebard, August 4, 1846, Buffalo, New York. 

Eben Hoyt, October 19, 1867, killed by bursting of boiler of steam-launch at the Naval 
Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. 

Henry Hunt, April 10, 1861, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
Mortimer Kellogg, November 16, 1870, Key West, Florida. 
Andrew Lawton, March 17. 1871, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
Robert W. McLeery, September 15, 1863, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
Philip G. Peltz, August 21, 1868, on the Pacific coast. 
John P. Whipple, September 26, 1864, Key West, Florida. 

First Assistants, 16. 

John Alexander, January 26, 1863, Baltimore, Maryland. 

Haviland Barstow, January 24, 1870, lost on board the Oneida, Yokohama Bay, 
Japan. 

Thomas H. Bordley, December 10, 1865, Bahia, South- America. 

Joseph N. Cahill, April 15, 1864, killed by the boiler explosion on board the Che- 
nango. 

El G. Covell, December 28, 1847, off Tuspan, of fever. 

James W. De Krafft, October 19, 1870, Washington, District of Columbia. 

Reynolds Driver, October 2, 1866, New Castle, Delaware. 

William Holland, August 18, 1856, Newark, Delaware. 

John H. Hunt, November 21, 1868, Mare Island, California. 

William H. King, April 25, 1859, Warrington, Florida. 

Nicholas B. Littig, January 24, 1870, lost on board the Oneida, Yokohama Bay, 
Japan. 

Henry H. Molony, October, 1865, lost on board the Atlanta. 

Jesse Rutherford, January 3, 1862, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Edward Scattergood, September 20, 1864, on board the Maratanza. 

Henry W. Scott, May 10, 1869, Flushing, Long Island. 

Joseph Watters, September 13, 1866, New Orleans, Louisiana. 

Second Assistants, 33. 

Frederick S. Barlow, August 5, 1864, lost on board the Tecumseh, Mobile Bay. 
George F. Barton, September 4, 1853, naval hospital, Pensacola, Florida. 
Andrew Blythe, April 19, 1870, New York. 

Jared H. Botsford, July 25, 1864, hospital ship Falcon, New York. 
Alfred S. Brower, January 17, 1867, Brooklyn, New York. 
Frederick E. Brown, December 12, 1884, New York. 

Frederick Bull, jr., August 9, 1863, on board the Pocahontas, off New Orleans, 
Louisiana. 

Joel A. Bullard, March 22, 1886, on board the Kearsarge, at sea, of yellow fever. ■ 

Joseph L. Butler, September 14, 1862. 

Thomas Cronin, December 8, 1861, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Eli Crosby, January 24, 1854, on board the Susquehanna, Napa Roads, East Indies. 

Oscar Davids, February 9, 1859, Norfolk, Virginia. 

Theodore Ely. 

Morgan H. English, December 23, 1862, Washington, District of Columbia. 

John Fornance, January 24, 1870, lost on board the Oneida, Yokohama Bay, Japan. 

Edward Gay, January 19, 1870, Green Point, Long Island. 

James M. Harris, October 6, 1864, Pensacola, Florida. 

Elisha Harsen, August 5, 1864, lost on board the Tecumseh, Mobile Bay. 

Jackson R. Hatcher, December 23, 1858, Norfolk, Virginia. 

John Hollius, June 4, 1858, at sea. 

Joseph Hoops, March 18, 1866, on board the Kearsarge, at sea, of yellow fever. 

Samuel H. Houston, June 16, 1854, Navy hospital, Brooklyn, New York. 

Simon B. Knox, September 19, 1855, Warrington, Florida. 

Henry S. Leonard, August 5, 1864, lost on board the Tecumseh, Mobile Bay. 

John Mclntyre, May 21, 1865, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

James B. McNamara, June 23, 1864, on board the Tioga, at sea. 



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Albert S. Murray, April 15, 1864, killed by explosion of tlio boiler on board tbe Che- 
nanga, New York Bay. 

Washington H. Nones, September 9, 1853, naval bospital, Pensacola, Florida, of yel- 
low fever. 

Charles W. C. Senter, January 24, 1870, lost on board tbe Oneida, Yokobama Bay, 
Japan. ^ 

Thomas A. Stephens, August, 18G4, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Joseph W. Sydney, October 31, 1864, on board the Pembina, off Brazos, Texas. 

Robert L. Webb, June 13, 18/0, Tulcahuano, Chili. 

James 'Wylie, April 26, 1869, at the British hospital, Callao, Peru, of yellow fever. 

Third Assistants, 35. 

George A. Baker, June 6, 1864, naval hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia. 

Henry S. Barker, Jnly 25, 1855, Buffalo, New York. 

Patrick Henry Barry, August 1, 1863, Eastport, Maine. 

James M. Benckert,\june 28, 1862, on board the Itasca. 

Joseph Bilisoly, September 3, 1855, Portsmouth, Virginia, of yellow fever. 

John Carroll, December 21, 1851, on board the Warren, San Francisco, California. 

Edward W. Clark, July 1, 1866, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Dewitt G. Davis, January 15, 1865, lost on board the Patapsco, Charleston Harbor. 

Thomas Dickson, September 12, 1847, Norfolk hospital, Virginia. 

Frederick Dobbs, April 29, 1862, Williamsbnrgh, New York. 

Richard F. Edwards, March 23, 1866, on board the Kearsarge, at sea, of yellow 
fever. 

Isaac B. Fort, December 1, 1865, Washington, District of Columbia. 

William H. Gamble, August 26, 1862, Pensacola, Florida, of yellow fever. 

William T. Gorton, August 31, 1853, Pensacola hospital, of yellow fever. 

Robinson W. Hands, December 31, 1862, lost in the Monitor, off Hatteras. 

Lewis A. Haverly, August 29, 1862, naval hospital, Norfolk, Virginia. 

John C. Hnntly, October 20, 1863, New Orleans, Louisiana, of yellow fever. 

Samuel C. Latimer, August 24, 1855, from the effects of the bursting of the Hetzel's 
boiler. 

William Francis Law, September 24, 1863, naval hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, 
of yellow fever. 

Samuel A. Lewis, December 31, 1862, lost in the Monitor, off Hatteras. 

Charles A. Mapes, November 12, 1847, on board the Mississippi, at Sacrificios, of 
fever. 

James McGregor, September 22, 1863, naval hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana. 

Henry W. Merian, December 6, 1863, lost in the Weehawken, off Charleston. 

Augustus Mitchell, December 6, 1863, lost in the Weehawken, off Charleston. 

William D. Park, July 11, 1863, on board the Richmond, in the Mississippi River. 

Peter A. Sasse". 

William R. Schley, February 25, 1858, Valparaiso, Chili. 

Charles Pr Scott, June 20, 1864, on board the Tioga. 

E. H. Seymour, April 11, 1864, Middlebury, Vermont. 

George E. Shock, September 11, 1853, East Pascagoula, Mississippi, of yellow fever. 

Benjamin R. Stevens, June 15, 1865, lost on the Patapsco, Charleston Harbor. 

Elijah R. Tyson, March 23, 1866, on board the Kearsarge, at sea, ot yellow fever. 

I. A. Van Zandt, April 7, 1849, Washington, District of Columbia. 

William L. Walters, May 27, 1858, on board the Merrimack, at Panama, 

John M. Whitteniore, November 7, 1861, in action off Hilton Head, South Carolina. 



Engineers who have left the service othemcise than as above specified. 



Chiefs, 9. 



Charles H. Haswell,* Dec. 1, 1850. 
Thomas A. Jackson, May 6, 1861. 
James F. Lamden, March 5,-1867. 



Michael Qninn, May 18, 1861. 
James H. Warner, July 8, 1861. 
William C. Wheeler, Jan. 17, 1863. 



Charles B. Moss, Jan. 30, 1846. \ William P. Williamson, May 6, 1861. 

Nathanial P. Patterson, June 10, 1861. 



* EBgineer-in-chief. 

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George W. Citv, Aug. 1, 1861. 
William P. De'Sauno, March 19, 1862. 
Virginius Freeman, July 8, 1861. 
George F. Hebard, Sep. 17, 1856. 
Edward W. Manning, May 6, 1861. 



Philip L. Mars, Nov, 2, 1861. 
Eichard C. Potts, June 15, 1861. 
Henry A. Ramsay, May 6, 1861. 
Charles Schroeder, May 18, 1861. 
T. B. C. Stump, May 22, 1861. 



Second Assistants, 21. 



James Atkinson, Jan. 18, 1848. 
Alexander Auchinleck, July 28, 1848. 
Benjamin D. Clemens, Jan. 12, 1866. 
Robert A. Copeland, Sept. 19, 1861. 
S. Wilkins Cragg,* June 27, lo64. 
Frank H. Fletcher, Feb. 11, 1869. 
Charles W. Geddes, Aug. 31, 1859. 
Marshal P. Jordan, May 20, 1861. 
William H. Kelly, Nov. 20, 1866. - 
Glendy King, June 13, 1861. 
Edward W. Koehl, Jan. 9, 1867. 



Elijah Laws,* May 27, 1863. 
Charles W. Levy, July 6, 1861. 
George T. W. Logan, Aug. 29, 18E6. 
William T. Mercier, Aug. 14, 1849. 
John M. Middleton, Oct. 5, 1849. 
William Pollard,* Oct. 18, 1867. 
William Scott, June 5, 1850. 
F. A. Shuck, Aug. 7, 1847. 
John C. Tennent, July 5, 1849. 
John W. Tynan, May 6, 1861. 



Third Assistants, 40. 



Edward R. Arnold, April 13, 1864. 
A. G. Bonsall, Jan. 12, 1866. 
Walter Pearce Burrow, May 17, 1860. 
Charles Coleman, Dec. 15, 1851. 
Charles C. Davis, Dec. 30, 1863. 
John C. Denby, Sept. 1, 1864. 
Edward L. Dick, May 28, 1861. 
William Dunham, April 8, 1847. 
Albert C. Engard,* Aug. 6, 1866. 
Henry Fagan, July 8, 1861. 
William H. Glading, Aug. 4, 1863. 
John P. Green, March 1, 1862. 
Richard D. Guerard, July 20, 1850. 
William M. Habirshaw, Feb. 5, 1862. 
Thomas J. Harris, July 7, 1849. 
Andrew H. Henderson, April 17, 1866. 
Benjamin Herring, July 8, 1861. 
Edward S. Hutchinson, Jan. 21, 1862. 
Edward C. Johnson. 
Charles W. Jordan, May 6, 1861. 



S. Gushing Lane, April 8, 1865. 
William F. Lynch, Feb. 5, 1852. 
Gates McAllister, March 18, 1867. 
B. J. McGurren, Oct. 26, 1863. 
Noah W. Moffett, Sep. 16, 1863. 
Charles F. Nagle,* Jan. 8, 1866. 
William Dunlap Park, Feb. 17, 1862. 
Edwin C. Patten, Jan. 8, 1861. 
Thomas Petherick, Nov. 26, 1862. 
William Pollard,* Jan. 24, 1862. 
Joseph R. Pomroy, Dec. 20, 1852. 
John Serra, Feb. 27, 1851. 
James E. Speights, March 21, 1868. 
John K. Stevenson, Aug. 2, 1869. 
Frederick G. Sumwalt, Sept. 29, 1854. 
George F. Sweet, Jan. 30, 1869. 
Henry T. Tapman, Sept. 13, 1864. 
Winfield S. Thompson. 
John T. Tucker, May 6, 1861. 
Henry X. Wright, May 6, 1861. 



Eeappointed. 



INDEX. 



Page. 

Organization, &c -• 3 

An act to reorganize the Navy Department 3 

Establishing the Bureau of Steam Engineering 3 

Appointing clerks and other officers, and fixing their salaries 3 

The Chief of Bureau to furnish estimates to the Secretary 4 

Communications from and to the Chief of Bureau free of postage 4 

Appointment, &c, of engineers and others 5 

Appointment and title of the Chief of Bureau 5 

Chief engineers to be appointed by the President 5 

Fleet engineers to be appointed by the President 5 

The Secretary authorized to prescribe uniform and rules for engineers 5 

First and second assistant engineers to be appointed by the President 5 

Regulations for the appointment of cadet engineers 6 

Regulations for admission and promotiou in the Engineer Corps 8 

Form of application 10 

Form of report to be made by the board of examiners 10 

Enlistment, &c, of men 11 

Firemen and coal-heavers to be examined by surgeons and by engineers; fire- 
men divided into two classes ; in case of neglect of duty their place to be 
supplied; pay to be reduced in case of inability or neglect; shipping 

articles to refer to these regulations 11 

Qualifications for petty officers in the Engineer Department of a naval vessel. 11 

An act to prescribe an oath of office, and for other purposes 12 

Officers of vessels of the United States to be citizens of the United States. . . 13 

What constitutes sea-service 13 

Ex-Chiefs of Bureaus exempt from sea duty, except in time of war 13 

Promotion of retired officers 13 

Officers to receive back pay when dated back 13 

Officers to be dropped after failure upon re-examination 14 

Duties, &c, of engineers 14 

Of a fleet engineer 14 

Of a chief engineer 15 

Of assistant engineers 1 17 

Of the chief engineer of a navy-yard 17 

Of inspectors of machinery afloat , 19 

Of officers commanding steam-vessels, and relating to the Engineer Depart- 
ment 19 

A survey to be held after accideut to machinery 21 

Condition of machinery a test of the engineer's efficiency 22 

Instructions to superintending engineers 22 

Rank . 9 24 

Relative rank between officers of the Army and Navy 24 

Number of engineers, and their rank relatively with line officers 25 

Grades to be filled according to seniority '. 25 

Precedence according to length of service 25 

Six years to be added to length of service of staff officers 25 

Rank of Ch i ef of Bureau 26 

Precedence according to rank 26 

Promotion, &c 26 

Officers * * * not to be promoted without examination 26 

Examining board, of whom composed , 27 

Rights of the officer to be acted upon 27 

Physical examination necessary before promotion 27 

Officers not recommended are to be retired 27 

Advancement for conspicuous conduct in battle 27 

Such advancement may be made to a higher grade, notwithstanding the 

number of said grade may be full 27 

Restriction 27 

Officers not to be deprived of promotion on account of wounds received in 

battle 27 



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Page. 

QUARTERS - 28 

Eoorns on starboard side of ward-room for line officers, on port side for 

staff officers 28 

Forward room on port side for engineer in charge ; . . 28 

Assistant engineers to be accommodated in the ward-room 28 

Assistant engineers to mess in the ward-room, and room there if possible ... 28 

Uniform '. 29 

General regulations 29 

Dress , 30 

Sleeve ornaments : 32 

Epaulets, shoulder-straps, &c , 33 

Cocked hat, cap, &c 34 

Swords, &c 35 

Petty officers, machinists, firemen, coal-heavers, &c 36 

Pay and emoluments 38 

Pay, when to commence '38 

Increased pay, when to commence 38 

Pay of Chief of Bureau 38 

Annual pay of engineers on the active list 39- 

No allowance in addition to pay, except , 39 

The President to fix the pay of firemen and coal-heavers 40 

Furlough pay 40 

Eetired pay ,..: 40 

Retired officers on active duty to receive full pay 40 

Eetired officers not on active duty to receive one-half pay 40 

Pay and emoluments to continue * * * though the vessel be wrecked, 

lost, or destroyed 41 

Eations 41 

Officers attached to a sea-going vessel allowed one ration 41 

To whom rations shall not be allowed 42 

Eations stopped for the sick 42 

Commutation of Navy ration 42 

No rations- to retired officers 42 

Mileage 42 

Prize and bounty, &c 42 

When the capturing vessel w as of superior or equal force, or of inferior force . . 42 

Distribution of prize-money 43 

Bounty for destruction of vessels of war belonging to the enemy 43 

Bounty for vessels of war captured from the enemy, &c 44 

Eansom money, salvage, &c, to be distributed as prize-money 44 

Every person in the Navy * * * entitled to enter one-quarter sec- 
tion of land # * 44 

Compensation and relief 45 

To those not officers, for loss of personal effects on vessels wrecked or lost . . 45 

To officers for loss of personal effects on vessels wrecked or lost 45 

Pensions 46 

A pension to every officer, seaman, or marine disabled in the line of duty .. 46 

Pension benefits extended to persons in the Engineer Department 46 

Pension for total disability — 

Of chief engineer • 47 

Of first assistant engineers 47 

Of second and third assistant engineer 47 

Of petty officer : 47 

Of all other persons 47 

Widows or children under sixteen years of age to receive the same pension 

after the death of the husband or father 47 

A mother, when to receive the pension 47 

Orphan sister may receive the pension 48 

The right of disloyal widows or children to be vested in the loyal heir or 

heirs 48 

Time of commencement of pensions 48 

All instructions and forms to be furnished free of expense 48 

Order of precedence of relatives „- 49 

Disability must have taken place in the line of duty 49 

If a pension is not claimed for three years, the pensioner's name to be stricken 

from the rolls, subject, &c 49 

Allowance to each child under sixteen years of age 49 

Children not to be disallowed, though they may be in a charitable institution. 49 

Pensions granted as specified, when to commence 50 



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Page. 
Pay and emoluments : 

A "widow may be deprived of her pension, which may be paid to the guardian 

of her children 50 

Certain pensions may be paid to the heirs or representatives 50 

Pensions to the totally blind or disabled, who require constant personal at- 
tendance 51 

Tension to the totally disabled who do not require constant personal at- 
tendance 51 

Pension to those Avho have lost one hand or one foot 51 

Pensions to the totally blind 51 

Pension and pay not to be drawn at same time, unless, &c 51 

Only one pension to be recerv ed at the same time 52 

Pension on a delayed claim, when to commence 52 

Pension by special acts not changed 52 

Artificial limbs 52 

. Eights to artificial limbs, &c, extended to persons in the Navy 52 

The money value of the limbs may be received 53 

Commutation when an artificial limb cannot be used 53 

Courts-Martial, &c, to try a staff officer, to consist in part of officers of his corps. 53 

The right of suffrage 53 

Bribery 54 

Hospital fund, medicines, &c r 54 

Twenty cents per month to be deducted from pay for hospital fund 54 

Money accruing to the United States from the sale of prizes. See foot-note (j ) 54 

Finesimposed to go to Navy hospitals 55 

Disposition of rations and pensious of those admitted into hospitals 55 

Expenses for medicines and. medical attendance when off duty 55 

Hospital for the Insane 56 

Title and objects of the institution 56 

Admission of insane of the Navy, &c, into the institution 56 

Portion of pay of inmates to be set aside for their comfort „ 56 

Sick-leave „ 56 

The Secretary of the Navy has power to furlough officers 56 

Iu the matter of pension, sick-leave or furlough to be considered as sickness 

on active duty 57 

Eetired and reserved officers , 57 

Officers borne on the Register 45 years, or 62 years of age, to be retired. 57 

President may assign retired officers to shore duty 57 

Retirement of incapable officers 57 

Officers may be heard before being retired 58 

Entitled to wear uniform * * * and subject to the rules of the Navy. 58 

Promotion of retired officers « 58 

No officer to be retired for misconduct 59 

Junior officers to be retired only for disability 59 

Rank of^staff officers retired for length of service or age 59 

Rank of staff officers on retired list in 1871 59 

Dismissal 59 

Dismissal only in pursuance of sentence of court-martial, &c 59 

A dismissed officer disqualified from again becoming an officer 60 

Discharge 60 

Honorable discharges may be granted to firemen and coal-heavers 60 

Re-enlistments 60 

Funeral expenses '. 61 

No allowance for funeral expenses incurred in the United States 61 

In foreign countries one month's sea pay allowed 61 

List of engineers who have resigned from the Navy since the organization of 

the corps, August, 1S42 61 

Engineers who have died in the service 64 

Engineers who have left the service otherwise than as above specified 65 

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